WalletHub: 2020’s ‘Best & Worst States to Drive in’

January 21, 2020

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Everyone hates being stuck in traffic.

It makes you late, and causes many people’s tempers to flare up.

But it’s also quite bad for your wallet – in fact, congestion cost U.S. drivers $87 billion in 2018, as well as an average of 97 hours of their time.

The U.S. also has three out of the world’s 25 worst cities for traffic, and 18 of the worst 25 in North America.

Overall Rank (1 = Best)	State	Total Score	‘Cost of Ownership & Maintenance’ Rank	‘Traffic & Infrastructure’ Rank	‘Safety’ Rank	‘Access to Vehicles & Maintenance’ Rank
1	Iowa	64.44	9	8	31	22
2	Tennessee	63.43	1	22	35	20
3	North Carolina	62.85	8	29	21	11
4	Texas	62.51	20	41	13	2
5	Nebraska	61.89	13	7	34	32
6	Georgia	61.76	5	36	30	8
7	Virginia	61.57	2	37	32	14
8	Indiana	61.38	4	18	41	19
9	Arkansas	61.02	16	4	36	36
10	Alabama	60.82	7	14	43	25
11	Kansas	60.64	17	6	42	30
12	Kentucky	60.61	10	23	23	31
13	Illinois	60.04	35	31	7	5
14	Wisconsin	59.65	14	16	44	18
15	Florida	59.47	25	45	27	3
16	Oregon	59.33	41	12	10	23
17	Idaho	59.20	32	2	22	45
18	Louisiana	59.13	28	20	11	28
19	New York	58.75	46	38	3	4
20	Oklahoma	58.70	26	13	28	29
21	Mississippi	58.42	11	11	46	37
22	Ohio	58.22	21	26	39	7
23	New Mexico	57.79	27	3	38	44
24	South Carolina	57.57	3	25	45	27
25	Missouri	56.84	6	28	49	10
26	Maine	56.67	23	33	16	35
27	Minnesota	56.59	29	32	20	21
28	North Dakota	56.44	22	10	40	48
29	South Dakota	56.42	12	9	48	41
30	Utah	56.32	36	15	18	33
31	Arizona	55.90	37	19	24	26
32	Michigan	55.87	38	27	26	12
33	Pennsylvania	55.78	40	30	33	6
34	Delaware	55.40	15	42	15	49
35	Massachusetts	55.38	42	50	1	9
36	Vermont	55.28	33	24	14	34
37	Nevada	54.83	45	21	5	38
38	New Hampshire	54.67	24	44	12	40
39	Wyoming	54.63	30	1	47	47
40	Connecticut	54.60	47	34	2	24
41	Montana	54.58	18	5	50	43
42	Alaska	53.89	34	17	17	50
43	New Jersey	53.09	39	48	9	15
44	West Virginia	52.90	19	39	37	42
45	Maryland	51.80	31	49	25	17
46	Colorado	51.80	43	40	29	16
47	California	50.61	49	46	4	1
48	Washington	50.05	48	35	19	13
49	Rhode Island	49.75	44	47	6	46
50	Hawaii	38.77	50	43	8	39

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