{"id":9045,"date":"2023-01-12T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9045"},"modified":"2023-01-12T11:33:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:33:06","slug":"heres-how-many-hours-san-diego-drivers-spend-in-traffic-each-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9045","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How Many Hours San Diego Drivers Spend In Traffic Each Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The original story can be read\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By Marty Golingan<\/span><\/h5>\n

A new study shows San Diego drivers spend upwards of 54 hours in traffic each year.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0INRIX<\/a>\u00a0Global Traffic Scorecard for 2022, San Diego ranks 16th out of 25 U.S. cities for time lost sitting in freeway gridlock.<\/p>\n

The national average is 51 hours of lost time in traffic.<\/p>\n

That’s a 15 hour uptick from 2021.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 10 cities for most traffic in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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  1. Chicago (155 hours lost)<\/li>\n
  2. Boston (134 hours)<\/li>\n
  3. New York (117 hours)<\/li>\n
  4. Philadelphia (114 hours)<\/li>\n
  5. Miami (105 hours)<\/li>\n
  6. Los Angeles (95 hours)*<\/li>\n
  7. San Francisco (97 hours)<\/li>\n
  8. Washington, D.C. (83 hours)<\/li>\n
  9. Houston (74 hours)<\/li>\n
  10. Atlanta (74 hours)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The original story can be read\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Photo by Josh Esh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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