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PHILADELPHIA – Whether you’re caught in bumper-to-bumper mayhem on the Schuylkill Expressway or in a total standstill on the I-95, we’ve all experienced the frustration of Philly traffic.
Well, apparently it isn’t the worst traffic in the country – not even close!
What we know:
ConsumerAffairs recently released its 2025 rankings for cities with the worst traffic across the country.
Washington D.C. dethroned Los Angeles as the city with the worst traffic this year, clocking in with the longest commute at 33.4 minutes.
However, L.A. still has the longest weekday congestion with an average of nearly 8 hours, which equals 85 days of traffic each year.
So, where does Philadelphia rank among the rest of the U.S.? No. 21!
By the numbers:
To find out which cities have the worst traffic, ConsumerAffairs analyzed data including average commute times, daily hours of congestion and the rate of fatal car crashes in the nation’s 50 most populous metropolitan areas.
Here’s the data for Philadelphia:
- Average commute time: 28.1 minutes
- Weekday congestion time: 4 hours
- Fatal car crashes per 100,000 people: 7.63
Based on these numbers, Philly’s traffic ranking fell below some unexpected cities, including Orlando, Florida; Denver, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon.
The Source: Information from this article was sourced from ConsumerAffairs.