If you’re one of the unlucky people who has to drive to work in the post-pandemic era, you’ve probably felt the effects of Miami-Dade becoming one of the most congested metropolitan areas in the world.
Miami traffic will increase by 30% from 2021 to 2022, and residents will Spent over 105 hours commutingaccording to INRIX.
“That means drivers are wasting time and money traveling between quiet and congested periods,” said Bob Picheux, a transportation analyst at INRIX.
As traffic levels hit record highs, INRIX analyzed the city’s busiest highways and roads. If you’ve ever sat on one of these highways during rush hour, the results may not come as a surprise.
Pichue said the worst stretch was the southbound lanes of US-1 between SW 100th Street and SW 168th Street, with a total loss of 37 hours, with peak rush hour at 5 p.m. ET. It starts from.
Second worst is Ives Dairy Road, which runs eastbound from Northeast 199th Street to Biscayne Boulevard during the 8 a.m. ET morning rush hour, with a total loss of 35 hours.
The 8 a.m. ET morning commute on the Dolphin Expressway between the Palmetto Expressway and Interstate 95 comes in third on the list with 32 hours lost to traffic.
Fourth is the westbound section of US-1 from South Miami Avenue to Rosaro Avenue in Coral Gables, which will lose a total of 30 hours during the afternoon rush hour at 4 p.m.
Rounding out the top five is heading west on Route 826 from Biscayne Boulevard. The extension to the NW 7th Ave extension near Miami Gardens and North Miami also lost 30 hours.
While these results may seem alarming, rush hours have actually been shortened since COVID-19, and there is the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel.”
“What we’ve seen in many places, especially on some major interstates, is that traffic is as bad as pre-COVID levels at 5 or 6 p.m. And yet, by 7 p.m., the traffic has tapered off.” 8 p.m., as opposed to the old days when it took until 8 p.m., Bob Picheux told NBC6.
“So we’ve seen it last just as intense, but it doesn’t last as long. And it’s the same with the morning commute.”
According to INRIX, the top 20 most congested freeways in Miami are: