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While there’s no shortage of reporting on delayed Metro rides, a new study reminds us that drivers in the District also lose dozens of hours a year to slow commutes.

Data firm Inrix’s 2016 Traffic Scorecard ranks D.C. as the sixth most congested city in the country.

Last year, drivers in the region spent 61 hours in traffic congestion, according to the report, which includes information from real-time GPS data. When traffic is at its peak, drivers spend about 20 percent of their time slowly following others on the road.

According to a recent study by the D.C. Department of Transportation, the city’s worst commute happens during weekday evenings. Congestion is five times higher during this period than morning hours. Drivers traveling along the Key Bridge into D.C. have the most significant delays on weekday evenings as they drive about 8 miles per hour during this time compared to 26 mph under lighter conditions.

And if losing time isn’t enough, Inrix says that drivers in the District spend nearly $1,700 a year on direct traffic-related expenses like gas and indirect costs such as fees from companies with drivers who spend idle time in traffic.

Despite these drawbacks, driving is still the most popular way to get to work. Forty percent of Washingtonians commute via car, as compared to 39 percent who use public transportation, according data from DDOT.

And Washingtonians can also take solace in knowing that people driving in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Miami experience more brutal traffic in the U.S., according to Inrix, and 14 cities beat D.C. as most congested on a global scale.