Explore major metropolitan areas across the US, Canada and Mexico. Where official road or traffic data is connected, see real observations on the map. Then play with the cost of being stuck in traffic — fuel, electric power, human-hours and all the things you could have done instead.
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03 / TIME YOU NEVER GET BACK
What else could those hours become?
Think in human-hours, not just clock time. These are optional activities, not guaranteed lost earnings.
Delay per occupant2 hr
Combined time, all people4 hr
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💸 Traffic Jam Cost Lab
Your vehicle · your people · your delay
INTERACTIVE / LOCAL CURRENCY
Try a 2-hour traffic jam. Add passengers to see why the largest cost may not be gas or electricity.
01 · Pick your vehicleEditable illustrative rates
Quick scenariosTap to play
10 min4 hours
17
0CA$150/hr
L/h
CAD/L
ESTIMATED COMBINED ECONOMIC COST
CA$125.94
Time value is hypothetical, not a cash payment or guaranteed lost wages. Estimated extra energy is the cash component.
Time CA$120.00Energy CA$5.94
Extra energy CA$5.94
Per occupant CA$62.97
Tailpipe CO₂ estimate8.3 kg
04 / THE COMPOUND EFFECT
What if this happened every week?
Hypothetical 48 travel weeks a year. Change how many times this delay repeats.
Annual time value + energyCA$18,135
Annual combined human-hours576 hr
Model disclosure. Energy inputs are editable examples and are not model-specific vehicle specifications or current fuel quotes. Fuel use is idle-equivalent; stop–go driving, HVAC and engine auto-stop change actual energy use. US fuel input is intentionally shown per litre, not gallon, for consistent calculations. Tailpipe CO₂ uses an illustrative 2.3 kg/L for gasoline; EV upstream emissions excluded. Time opportunity cost is a user-set scenario; total human-hours across passengers are not necessarily fully productive or recoverable. Official-source observation counts are not comparable between cities. Unsupported metros show a map and calculator but no synthetic incident markers. OpenStreetMap attribution.