These 7 cities have the worst traffic in the world
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- Traffic congestion is increasingly becoming a global issue, with drivers spending nearly 50% of their driving time in traffic in some cities around the world.
- Increasing congestion means increased costs for drivers, with United States drivers alone spending almost $300 billion on traffic-related costs last year according to USA Today.
- The 2017 Inrix Global Scorecard was just released, ranking the most congested cities around the world and how much driving time is actually spent sitting in traffic in each city.
Inrix recently released their comprehensive list of the most congested cities in the world, based on 2017 statistics. Around the world, traffic congestion is increasingly problematic, with drivers in some cities spending upwards of 100 hours per year sitting in peak time traffic. Not only is this costing valuable time, but it is costing billions of dollars as well.
Of the 1,360 cities studied, Los Angeles was deemed the most congested city in the world for the second year running. See what other cities made the top seven:
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