Even if you've managed to dig your car out of the snow and into civilization, it may be slow-going, at least during rush hour.
Why it matters: Pittsburgh drivers spent an average of 61 hours stuck in rush-hour traffic last year, per the TomTom Traffic Index.
That's more than two days staring at license plates — if you're lucky, one PennDOT should've caught.
Reality check: It could be worse.
Drivers in New York (125 hours), San Francisco (116 hours), Honolulu (88 hours) and Boston (86 hours) practically lived bumper-to-bumper in 2025.
Flashback: A Texas A&M Transportation Institute report found the average Pittsburgh-area driver spent 53 hours in traffic in 2024 — the highest since tracking began in 1982.
How it works: Amsterdam-based TomTom publishes its annual index using anonymized GPS data to measure congestion, travel speeds, and time lost to traffic worldwide.
The bottom line: Commute congestion has returned from pandemic lows, but hybrid work has altered when people travel, creating new midday traffic jams.
If more major Pittsburgh employers move to full return-to-office policies, those crowded rush hours could get tighter.
