(NEXSTAR) – You’re not imagining it. Traffic congestion worsened last year in just about every American city studied by navigation and GPS company TomTom.
Residents of 90 large and mid-sized cities, from Tampa, Florida, to Portland, Oregon, were stuck in traffic more often and for longer in 2024 than they were the year prior.
Things grew terribly worse in Providence, Rhode Island, last year, with a massive 54% more time spent in traffic than in 2023. The sudden closure of the Washington Bridge in December 2023 is likely to blame, rerouting traffic and creating major rush hour congestion since. (Locals can expect more of the same next year. The bridge isn’t projected to reopen until fall of 2026.)…