New Jersey Is 2020’s 8th Worst State to Drive in

file photo by Boyd Loving

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, With U.S. traffic congestion costing U.S. drivers $87 billion in 2018 and the U.S. ranked 17^th in the world in road quality, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best & Worst States to Drive in as well as accompanying videos.

To determine the most driver-friendly states in the U.S., WalletHub compared the 50 states across 31 key metrics. The data set ranges from average gas prices to share of rush-hour traffic congestion to road quality.

Driving in New Jersey (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

40^th – Share of Rush-Hour Traffic Congestion
31^st – Avg. Gas Prices
42^nd – Auto-Maintenance Costs
46^th – Road Quality
32^nd – Average Annual Car Insurance Premium

For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-to-drive-in/43012/

One thought on “New Jersey Is 2020’s 8th Worst State to Drive in”

Walker

January 22, 2020

Wait until the housing is done with all the extra people in the CBD. Forget about driving through the town park your car on the outskirts and walk. It’s going to be crazy with people walking all over the place. If you think we have pedestrians being hit by cars now,r just wait you’ll see.