A new report from the mobility analytics firm Inrix shows Chicago drivers lost 102 hours to congestion last year. That ties New York City and is up from 96 hours in 2023, which is still above the national average of 43 hours.

Instead of the “windy city,” Chicago is now the congested city, tying with New York for worst gridlock in the U.S., according to a Monday report. Analytics firm INRIX found drivers in both

Could it cost drivers more to bring their cars into downtown Chicago? The idea is being weighed after New York rolled out a program at the start of the year.

Drivers in New York City will now have to pay $9 to enter what’s considered the “congestion relief zone,” which includes everything below 60th in Manhattan. The tolls are expected to generate billions of dollars for the city and alleviate congestion for drivers.

Traffic in the metro area is the second-worst in the world, tied with New York City, according to a report released Monday by the traffic data analytics firm INRIX.

The latest report shows that, in 2024, drivers “lost” an average of 43 hours to traffic. That’s up an hour from 2023 but down eight hours over 2022 when the average time “lost” was 51 hours. In 2021, the benchmark sat at 36 hours “lost.”

The ranking released by INRIX, a company specializing in traffic data and analytics, shows Chicago has five of the 10 most congested roads in the United States, and the city itself ranked as one ...

Although things are obviously pretty bad in Chicago, Istanbul in Turkey actually took the top spot on the list, followed by New York. The top five is rounded out by Mexico City and London.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is now weighing a plan that could slap an automatic fee on drivers traveling in the downtown area. Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is blasting the idea as just more of the same kind of policy he argues is largely responsible for the city’s wayward direction.

Report: Chicago traffic among worst in U.S. A new report reveals what daily commuters already know: Chicago traffic is among the worst in the country. The mobility analytics company Inrix reports that Chicago drivers lost 102 hours to congestion last year,

London ranks first among European cities and fourth worldwide, with an average time loss of 101 hours. Paris ranks sixth globally, with drivers spending an average of 97 hours in traffic jams.

Tech-heavy cities like San Jose and Seattle saw significant declines in remote work last year and the traffic to show for it, the INRIX 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard found. Elsewhere, other trends drove roadway congestion up.