4-2 Top 10 Urban Congested Area Rankings: 2014
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
by hours of delay per car commuter
| Rank | Urban area | Annual hours of delay per car commuter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, DC-VA-MD | 82 |
| 2 | Los Angeles, CA | 80 |
| 2 | San Francisco, CA | 78 |
| 4 | New York, NY-NJ | 74 |
| 5 | Boston, MA-NH-RI | 64 |
| 6 | Seattle, WA | 63 |
| 7 | Chicago, IL-IN | 61 |
| 7 | Houston, TX | 61 |
| 9 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 53 |
| 9 | Atlanta, GA | 52 |
| Average of 471 Areas | 42 |
Note: The Methodology was updated to reflect more comprehensive data collection efforts for each of the 471 U.S. urban areas.
Source: Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard, available at mobility.tamu.edu as of September 2015.