Sydney's traffic and congestion remains a major impediment to the city's success - but it's a myth that our journey times and distances have increased.

The Committee for Sydney's forthcoming report comparing the city to its global peers shows Sydney is the 60th most congested out of 404 cities measured.

Sydney remains highly dominated by cars, which the Committee for Sydney warns is holding the city back. Credit:Nick Moir

Sydney is "held back" by our car dominance, the report warns, and we spend a large amount of time sitting in our vehicles, with 65 per cent of all trips to work within Greater Sydney made by car.

We rank second last in our peer group for satisfaction with our daily commute (behind only Buenos Aires), and bottom of the group for how quickly we're adapting new technology to encourage public transport use.