This document lists the top 10 worst cities for commuting in America, with New York ranked as number one. Over 1 million workers commute into Manhattan each day. Several factors contribute to bad commutes, including limited public transportation options, suburban sprawl, proximity to other states increasing cross-commuters, and traffic bottlenecks. Long commute times and heavy traffic plague many of the major cities on this list.

1. America’s Worst Commutes

2. Limited public transportation options
for suburbanites.
53% of commuters drive alone in a car!
#10 Atlanta, GA
America’s Worst Commutes

3. 69% of commuters travel
more than 20 minutes to work.
Suburban sprawl a major factor.
#9 Miami, FL
America’s Worst Commutes

4. #8 Baltimore, MD
America’s Worst Commutes
Proximity to other states
leads to increased in-flow &
out-flow of commuters.

5. #7 Los Angeles, CA
America’s Worst Commutes
471,000 workers commute into Los Angeles
County each day.

6. #6 Boston, MA
More than one-fifth of communters
(22.7%) travel 60+ minutes to work.
America’s Worst Commutes

7. #5 San Francisco, CA
America’s Worst Commutes
Has more megacommuters* than any other
American city.
Megacommuters travel 50+ miles AND
90+ minutes.
*

8. Two Capital Beltway intersections are ranked
among the worse bottlenecks in the nation.
#4 Washington, DC
America’s Worst Commutes

9. #3 Philadelphia, PA
America’s Worst Commutes
Commuters traveling
I-676 from I-95 to I-76 lose
125 hours and waste
54 gallons of gas per year.

10. #2 Chicago, IL
America’s Worst Commutes
Chicago’s Circle Interchange ranked as the
#1 bottleneck in the nation for truck drivers.

11. #1 New York, NY
America’s Worst Commutes
The prize goes to NYC with
1 million+ workers commuting to
Manhattan each day.