Combining the delay and the fuel used, the study found that area drivers each spent on average the equivalent of an extra $1,183 in 2014.

The average driver in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut spent nearly 75 hours a year ago stuck in traffic, an analysis found. Those delays will push the cost of congestion from $162 billion to $190 billion, according to the report.

During rush hour, Nashville drivers take 20 percent longer on the roads than they would at non-peak hours of the day.

In fact, the hours stuck in gridlock and traffic delays increased from 67 hours, as was the case in 2013, to just over 80 hours, notes AAA Mid-Atlantic. Ten years ago, the Nashville region had approximately 496,000 commuters. All are possible solutions we’ve heard from companies and groups throughout Austin as the city continues to grow. Drivers here paid the second highest cost in the nation for wasted gas and time in traffic, the report found.

Proving time is money and we’re wasting both. In fact, a new transportation plan drafted by his administration specifically excludes adding carrying capacity to the system with the goal of reducing vehicular traffic and reducing carbon emissions. If you live in the Allentown-Bethlehem MSA, which includes Warren County, N.J., you’ll be happy to know that you waste 30 hours a year to rush-hour slowdowns.

“Boosting transit and making roads function more efficiently is the best way to reduce congestion”, Murray wrote.

Another interesting data point from the study is a so-called “Planning Time Index”. Individual losses of $1,834!-there’s reason to be just as mad at the study itself.

No wonder, then, that the release Wednesday of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s assessment of commuting trends-that ranked the DC metropolitan area’s traffic as the nation’s worst-was met with reader reactions like “No shit” and “I hate that place, so glad I left”. Of America’s Top 10 Worst Traffic cities, 7 of them experienced population growth outpacing the national average of 0.7 percent past year, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Houston and Riverside, CA.

The findings are based on federal data about how many cars are on the roads and on traffic speed data collected by INRIX on 1.3 million miles of urban streets and highways.