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FRAMINGHAM – Do you think traffic is bad in City of Framingham?
A new study agrees with you, and ranks Framingham 330th in the world for hours lost due to traffic.
London came in at #1 in the world, and Chicago is #1 in the United States and #2 worldwide.
Drivers in London lost on average 156 hours last year in traffic, while drivers in Chicago lost 155 hours stuck in traffic last year.
Paris was third with 138 hours.
The City of Boston is ranked #4 in the world, with the average driver losing 134 hours — more than five days — to traffic last year.
Fifth was Bogata, Columbia, at 112 hours. New York was 8th worldwide with 117 hours.
But the City of Framingham ranked 330th.
The study says Framingham drivers lost on average 32 hours stuck in traffic in 2022.
That is a 25% increase from 2021, but a decrease of 5% from 2019.
Cities in the World with less traffic that Framingham according to transportation analytics company INRIX include:
- Calgary at #460
- Innsbruck at #500
- Amsterdam at #537
- Seville at #611
- Edmonton at #834
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Cities in the United States with less traffic that Framingham, according to the latest study, include:
- Detroit at #349
- Indianapolis at #348
- Cleveland at #442
- Tallahasse at #448
- St. Louis at #531
- Charleston, South Carolina at #569
- Myrtle Beach #682
- Manchester NH at #684
- Winter Haven, Florida at #695
- Norfolk, Virginia at #740
Several Cities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts were on the list.
Worcester was worse than Framingham for traffic, but several Massachusetts cities have less traffic that Framingham including Lawrence (#361) and New Bedford (#561)
And while losing 32 hours last year to traffic is not ideal, it could be worse, you could travel on Route 93 South daily. It was ranked the fourth-worst traffic corridor in America. Drivers who regularly took that road weekdays, spent 99 hours sitting in traffic last year, according to the study.
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Traffic congestion occurs when demand for roadway travel exceeds the supply of roadways.
As vehicular traffic builds, drivers, freight movers and bus riders lose time and spend fuel unproductively.
That “lost time” has a value analyzed in the 2022 Global Traffic Scorecard.
In addition to lost time, negative externalities like freight delay, inflationary pressure and environmental impact are generally exacerbated due to traffic congestion. While not measured in this report, these externalities decrease the quality of life across globe, said the report.
Another large cost of travel is fuel.
Throughout 2022, global oil prices resulted in increased fuel costs to travelers. INRIX quantified how much a typical commute costs in each country as well as in key cities based on commute-specific travel data, said the company.
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