NYC has America’s Worst Traffic Congestion

HI INDIA NEWS DESK
NEW YORK , NY— Even dyed-in-the-wool city dwellers who passionately declare “I Love New York” won’t be surprised by this one: the Big Apple’s traffic is the worst in the U.S., according to a new study.

Out of 80 American cities, New York City’s stop-and-go (but mostly stop) traffic ranked first and worst in congestion, the TomTom study found.

Motorists in the city lost 80 hours last year to time stuck in traffic, the study found. The city’s congestion level stood at 35 percent, according to the study.
Neither finding should be a surprise to New Yorkers — as one Twitter user noted, the City That Never Sleeps’ congestion isn’t limited to rush hour.

“Stand Still Traffic at 12:15 in the morning,” tweeted @SenseiDende on Feb. 18. “No place like New York City man.”
New York City traffic is also globally bad, according to the study.

Congestion in the city ranked 43rd among 404 cities in 58 countries, the study found.

The city’s worst-in-America title dovetails with 2021 study, which found it surpassed Los Angeles.

The City of Angels ranked second in the TomTom study.

Traffic congestion overall was higher in 2021 than it was in 2020, when stay-at-home orders kept so many people off the highways that air quality improved, but only slightly. The global congestion level is still 10 percent lower than before the pandemic, according to the report.