With hike in the fuel prices and economic crisis across the world and especially in United States, the traffic congestion is getting worse.
A survey shows that Chicago drivers have wasted more than 70 hours in the traffic jam and money wasted per driver is $ 1,738. check out the infographic to list out more traffic congested cities in America.
Chicago:
Yearly Delay: 70 hours
Cost per Driver: $ 1, 738
Washington D.C:
Yearly Delay: 68 hours
Cost per Driver: $ 1, 555
Los Angeles:
Yearly Delay: 63 hours
Cost per Driver: $ 1, 464
Houston:
Yearly Delay: 58 hours
Cost per Driver: $ 1, 332
San Francisco:
Yearly Delay: 49 hours
Cost per Driver: $ 1, 112
The other top traffic congested cities in America are Boston, Dallas, Seattle, Atlanta and New York. In United States, every year on an average, a person spends 2 weeks in traffic jam. As per Urban mobility report, more than 3.9 billion gallons of fuel was wasted in the year 2010.
