Chicago ranked as the U.S. city with the highest traffic delays in 2022. On a global scale, the Illinois city ranked No. 2, after London in the United Kingdom.
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As more people work from home, they are compensating by driving to other activities, he said. The design of Chicago's expressways are also partly to blame, as they funnel traffic into downtown. “The design of our expressway system has hurt traffic flow for generations,” Schwieterman said.
Chicago traffic is worst in North America, costing drivers an extra $300 in gas each year: study. Chicago traffic is the most congested in North America, followed by Boston and New York, according to a new study from Inrix.
And our roads are getting worse every year. According to Inrix, drivers spend more time stuck on gridlocked streets in London than in any other city on the planet. In 2022, our road hogs lost a whopping 156 hours each to congestion.
1. Brussels, Belgium. Brussels takes the top spot as the hardest city to drive in, with an overall score of 23 out of 100. In Brussels, the average person spends 236 hours in rush hour a year, with the average speed during this time being 12.4 mph.
We created a ranking that gives each city a score based on the percentage of stressed driving-related tweets posted there and how congested the local traffic is. The lower the score each city has been given, the worse it is for traffic. Chicago ranks as the worst city, with an index score of 4.
Is it difficult to drive in Chicago? While there can be a lot of traffic in Chicago, as long as you follow the general rules of the road and plan out your journey before you set off, you'll find that Chicago is pretty easy to navigate.
Key takeaways. The worst cities for driving are New York City, Chicago, Miami, Austin, and Los Angeles. Chicago drivers lost an average of 104 hours to traffic congestion during peak rush hour in 2021.
Low traffic zonesAt the other end of the scale, we see Middlesbrough, Preston and Stoke-on-Trent as the three least traffic-ridden of the UK's larger cities. The UK's least congested big cities (with additional travel time as a percentage of expected travel time) are: Reading – 24% Portsmouth – 24%
TfL said lowering speeds was a “crucial part” of its Vision Zero approach to eradicating road deaths. It says that every year 1,000 people were injured or killed by drivers exceeding the speed limit. TfL is giving outer London boroughs £2.45 million this year to introduce more 20mph roads.
Leave early or late.If you want to avoid the worst traffic times, leave before or after the morning or evening rush hour, especially if you must take the Kennedy Expressway, West Roosevelt Road, and other busy highways.