Top 10 Most Congested Cities, Highways

According to NAVTEQ, a provider of real-time traffic updates, the worst city to get stuck in rush-hour traffic in is New York City, followed by Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.

It’s not surprising then that the worst freeways are also located in the worst offending cites, according to NAVTEQ’s list of freeways with the slowest average rush hour in North America. The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is the all-time worst during rush hour, according to NAVTEQ. New York City takes three spots of the top 10 worst freeways overall.

North American Freeways With the Slowest Typical Rush Hour

1. New York City – Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (northbound) 
2. New York City – Washington Bridge (eastbound) 
3. Montreal – Autoroute 15 (eastbound) 
4. Philadelphia – U.S. 202 (southbound) 
5. Montreal – Route 138 (westbound) 
6. New York City – Washington Bridge (westbound)
7. Los Angeles – State highway 1 (eastbound) 
8. Boston – U.S. 1 (northbound) 
9. Dallas – State highway 366 (eastbound) 
10. Toronto – Don Valley Parkway (northbound)

Cities With the Worst Rush Hours

1. New York 
2. Washington, D.C. 
3. San Francisco 
4. Seattle 
5. Los Angeles 
6. Philadelphia 
7. Chicago 
8. Dallas-Fort Worth 
9. Atlanta 
10. Houston