Last year was certainly one for the books in terms of personal transportation. With more employees working from home, remote learning being the norm, and downtown restaurants, theatres and other brick-and-motor establishments shuttered, the number of miles driven in the U.S. plummeted by 82 percent over 2019 levels. Commuters lost just 26 hours in traffic during 2020, which is down from 99 hours in 2019.
“COVID-19 has completely transformed when, where and how people move. Government restrictions and the continued spread of the virus led to shifts in travel behavior seemingly overnight,” says Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX. “Morning commutes in cities across the world went without delay as people reduced auto and transit travel to offices, schools, shopping centers and other public spaces.
Of the most traffic-tied U.S. urban areas, New York leads all comers with commuters spending an average 100 hours lost to congestion last year. As bad as that seems, it’s 28 percent less than in 2019. And it’s not the city having the most clogged roads on the planet. NYC lags behind Bogota, Columbia with an average 133 hours lost to traffic during 2020, and Bucharest, Romania at 134 per commuter. The next tied-up U.S.
Travel from outlying to downtown areas took a major hit last year, declining by an average 42 percent in major urban areas. Portland Oregon saw the biggest drop in city center trips at a 66 percent decrease, followed by San Francisco , Washington D.C. , Detroit and Boston .
It is Bogotá, COLOMBIA not Columbia 😉
Philadelphia ABSOLUTELY belongs where it does. Severely limited commuter options compared to cities of comparable size and the major highways into the city are bumper to bumper for hours every day. Selling my car/moving downtown saved my mental health.
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