Forget rush hour, traffic has become an all-day problem

Whether it’s stop-and-start traffic or overcrowded subway cars, commuting can be a bit of a nightmare. And frequent travelers may have noticed that it’s no longer just during that morning rush to the office or on the way home that they’re running into congestion. In fact, Americans are spending more time in traffic than ever, hitting an average of 63 hours per year in 2024.

Juliana Kaplan is a senior economics reporter for Business Insider, where she wrote about how rush hour is kind of all the time now. She joined “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal to talk about how peak travel hours spread out throughout the day and what communities might consider to reduce the crowd.

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