=+4.31 ● ▼ A report from Texas Transportation Institute

(Texas A&M University System 2005) on Congestion Reduction Strategies looked into the extra travel time (due to traffic congestion) for commute travel per traveler per year in hours for different urban areas. Below are the data for urban areas that had a population of over 3 million for the year

Urban Area Traveler per Year Los Angeles 98 San Francisco 75 Washington DC 66 Atlanta 64 Houston 65 Dallas, Fort Worth 61 Chicago 55 Detroit 54 Miami 48 Boston 53 New York 50 Phoenix 49 Philadelphia 40