It’s a new year, and here we have a new, dubious list that Boston has landed on: the worst cities for driving in America.
So what else is new, right? Last year, we learned about how dangerous driving in Massachusetts can be. We also took a hard look at road rage in Boston. It was bad, but not the worst. Which would be a funny slogan for the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism to adopt: “Visit Boston: Our Road Rage is Bad, But It’s Not The Worst!” VisitMA, I’m available to consult. Call me.
This new bit of data about the dangers of driving in the Commonwealth comes courtesy of Circuit. It’s called The Worst Cities for Driving in America and, as I’ve already mentioned, Boston not only lands on the list, but it lands in the Top 10. “Well, how bad can it be, though? How many cities are in the study,” you might ask. Bad, I would answer. As there are 80 cities in the study.
Worst Cities for Driving: Boston Makes the Top 10
The methodology for this one is pretty robust, too. Circuit collected data from a variety of sources, and used the following five variables to determine their rankings: time spent in rush hour per year, time spent in traffic congestion per year, money spent on fuel due to congestion per year, last mile speed (all from 2022), and fatal car accidents (from 2021).
You can dig into their full report here, which also includes per-category breakdowns and lots of interesting info on how driving in these cities impacts delivery drivers. Keep on scrolling to find out where Boston landed and–more importantly–which cities outranked us. That way we’ll have someone else to make fun of to distract from the fact that we’re as bad as we are.
