The 31 US cities that had the worst traffic in 2019 according to a study

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New York City.

• INRIX, a transportation data firm, has released its yearly ranking of the most congested cities.
• The organization measured the average amount of time and money that drivers lose by sitting in traffic across 43 countries and more than 900 cities.
• INRIX found that, in 2019, the average American spent close to 100 hours in traffic, and lost nearly $1,400 because of it.
• Boston had the worst traffic of any US city in 2019, followed by Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York. Los Angeles, known for its heavy traffic, took sixth place.
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Even though the spread of coronavirus is emptying out the streets in some US cities, most urbanites still need to contend with traffic in one way or another.

Transportation analytics outfit INRIX released its annual study of the most congested cities in the world on Monday, quantifying just how much inner-city congestion affects commuters in more than 900 cities across 43 countries.

INRIX ranked urban areas in the US-based on the amount of time and money drivers lost to congestion in 2019. The firm found that the average American lost $1,377 and 99 hours sitting in traffic last year. Moreover, INRIX noted that from 2017 to 2019 the average time Americans lost to traffic increased by two hours.

Bogota, Colombia took the prize of the most congested city in the world, with drivers spending an average of 191 hours in traffic in 2019.

Scroll down to learn which cities are the most congested in the US.