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We’re Claiming a Championship After Philadelphia Named Worst American City to Drive in

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Oct 8th, 2025 · 10:12 AM EDT

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We’re #1! We’re #1! – Via Tyler Thrasher and Dawn Timmeney at Fox 29:

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia has officially taken the bottom spot in a new national study of driving conditions, ranking as the worst city in America to drive in according to WalletHub’s 2025 “Best & Worst Cities to Drive In” report.

The report compared 100 of the largest U.S. cities using 30 key factors across categories such as:

• Traffic & Infrastructure
• Cost of Ownership & Maintenance
• Safety
• Access to Vehicles & Maintenance.

Philadelphia came in last overall, with especially poor marks in commute times, road quality, and driver safety.

This is no surprise. We were always going to win this thing. We were a -4000 favorite at PA sports betting apps. One only needs to spend a few minutes on the Schuylkill “Express”-way or Roosevelt Boulevard to understand why we’re the champs. And if you survive those experiences without losing a tire, or your life, then the next level of Dante’s traffic inferno is 95 South during rush hour or that area of the 42 freeway in South Jersey that has been under construction since, I think, 1972.

Another thing that separates us from the competition is PennDOT’s contribution. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, is as good as PennDOT when it comes to reducing a three-lane highway to one lane, but nobody is actually doing any work in the shuttered lanes. On the rare occasion that a work crew is out there, there’s usually 3-4 guys doing something while the other six stand there and watch. If we could get back all of the time spent sitting in PennDOT-afflicted lane restrictions, we’d all be a year younger. I’d be 40 instead of 41.

But don’t worry. At least we have SEPTA!