It may come as no surprise that residents of populous Fairfield County spend the most time and money commuting to work, according to a study by The Auto Insurance Center.
The average Bridgeport-Stamford commuter loses 49 hours per year commuting at a cost of $1,174. That ranked 16th worst in the study of 471 U.S. urban areas analyzed. The overall averages were 42 hours at a cost of $960, the study said.
Hartford had the second longest and costliest commutes in Connecticut, at 45 hours per year and $1,038 — not quite enough to crack into the top 20 worst commutes list.
The Auto Insurance Center used data from Texas A&M University and INRIX. To calculate the cost of congestion, study authors assumed a value of time delay of $17.67 per hour per person and the cost of excess fuel consumption. Truck costs was valued at $94.04 per hour of congestion.
