DC region's 'brutal commute' ranks No. 1 for the country's worst traffic

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(WTOP) Drivers in the D.C. region spend more time dealing with traffic than any other city in the nation, according to a new ranking from Consumer Affairs which looked at traffic data from the 50 biggest metropolitan areas in the nation.

The D.C. region knocked Los Angeles off its throne to claim the top spot, and did that with an average commute of 33.4 minutes and traffic congestion in the region which lasts 6 hours and 35 minutes.

“D.C. drivers have a tougher experience overall, and that is the combination of brutal commute times and daily gridlock,” said Lauren Jobe with Consumer Affairs. “When you add that up over the year, that’s about 71 days worth of just sitting in traffic.”

Now, Los Angeles still takes the checkered flag for the most congestion, with almost eight hours of bumper-to-bumper traffic each day, but the average commute time in the City of Angels is just over 30 minutes. ................(more)

https://wtop.com/dc/2025/07/dc-regions-brutal-commute-ranks-it-1-for-the-worst-traffic/