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405 freeway gridlock5/26/2023 A 25% increase in fatal hit-and-run crashes.A 73% increase in severe DUI crashes where a serious injury occurred.The following Los Angeles traffic crash statistics have been confirmed for the first half of 2021 (when compared to the same period in 2020): Car Accidents Continue to Increase in Los Angeles Despite PandemicĪs we noted in a recent blog, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles has seen an increase in virtually all traffic crash categories throughout the first half of 2021 (when compared to the previous year). But in addition to disrupting so many aspects of our daily lives, COVID-19 may have also forever altered our work habits as well as the nation’s traffic congestion data. Whether or not Los Angeles will return to the number one most congested city in America once the pandemic ends remains to be seen. But working from home may now be considered the new normal for a vast number of employees. When the pandemic finally subsides, more and more workers are expected to return to the office. That’s an average of $1,445 per driver in indirect and direct commuting costs. Prior to the pandemic, INRIX estimated that traffic congestion cost U.S. In 2020, Los Angeles drivers spent a total of 365,543 hours stuck in traffic.In 2019, Los Angeles drivers spent a total of 952,183 hours stuck in traffic.And the disparity in overall congestion from year-to-year was quite substantial: Among 1,360 other urban areas throughout 38 countries, Los Angeles was ranked by INRIX (for the sixth straight year) as having the “worst traffic congestion” in the world.īut that all changed in 2020 with the pandemic. as not only the most congested city in the U.S., but also the world. In 2019, Los Angeles was ranked as having the worst traffic in the nation. With the pandemic changing commuter habits, Los Angeles dropped to number four among American cities with the worst traffic, behind the New York-Newark region at number one, Boston at number two, and Houston at number three. The report confirmed a first for Los Angeles, which had held the dubious honor of having the worst traffic in America for nearly 40 years. Los Angeles Loses ‘Worst Traffic in America’ Ranking for 2020Įarlier this year, INRIX released its Urban Mobility Report examining overall congestion in various areas throughout the nation. The complete list of the most congested cities in the world, according to INRIX’s data, includes: Table 3: 10 Most Congested Cities in the World in 2021 In terms of the most congested cities in the world, Los Angeles did not make INRIX’s Top 10 List, with London coming in at number one and Paris number two. INRIX’s full list of the Top 10 Most Congested Roads in the nation includes: Table 2: 10 Most Congested U.S. rush hour, drivers lost an average of 51 hours throughout the year while stuck in traffic.Īdditionally, the I-580 Freeway in Dublin, California, made INRIX’s list as the number five most congested U.S. With a peak delay time of 13 minutes during the 4 p.m. 101 South Freeway from Santa Monica Boulevard to Alvarado Street. rush hour, costing commuters approximately 55 hours stuck in traffic every year.Īnother Los Angeles-area roadway making INRIX’s list – coming in at number 14 – was the U.S. Drivers on the I-405 face a peak delay of 13 minutes during the 4 p.m. Ranked as the 11th most congested roadway in America was the I-405 North Freeway between Santa Monica Boulevard and Valley Vista Boulevard. rush hour), costing drivers an average of 55 lost hours throughout the course of the year. The I-10 has a peak delay of 14 minutes (again at around the 4 p.m. Los Angeles’ I-10 East between Washington Boulevard and the 110 Freeway came in at number 10 on INRIX’s list of most congested roads in America. That’s more than a dozen additional hours lost to traffic gridlock than the second most congested roadway in the nation – New York’s I-27 West. On that list are four Los Angeles-area highways, with the southbound Interstate 5 Highway between Euclid Avenue and the 605 Freeway coming in at the number one most congested roadway in the U.S.Īccording to INRIX’s data, the I-5 South has a peak delay of 22 minutes at 4 p.m., costing local drivers an average of 89 hours annually. In its 2021 Global Traffic Scorecard, INRIX compiles data to determine a list of the 25 most congested roads in America. A new study released by INRIX, a company specializing in car services and transportation analytics, confirms that Southern California, in particular, has some of the country’s busiest roads and worst gridlock. Although overall traffic has declined throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angles remains one of the most congested areas in the nation for drivers.
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