Hate parking in Boston? Boy, do we have a study that feels your pain.Driver in Beantown spend, on average, 53 hours a year searching for a parking spot at a cost of $1,111 per driver in wasted time, fuel and emissions, according to INRIX.INRIX analyzed parking databases at 100,000 locations across 8,700 cities in more than 100 countries.Think Bostonians have it bad? New York drivers endure the worst challenges. On average, drivers in the Big Apple spend 107 hours per year searching for a parking spot at a cost $2,243 per driver.Los Angeles drivers trailed New York with the most painful parking experience (85 hours - $1,785), followed by San Francisco (83 hours - $1,735), Washington, D.C. (65 hours - $1,367), Seattle (58 hours - $1,205), Chicago (56 hours - $1,174), Boston (53 hours - $1,111), Atlanta (50 hours - $1,043), Dallas (48 hours - $995) and Detroit (35 hours - $731).

Hate parking in Boston? Boy, do we have a study that feels your pain.

Driver in Beantown spend, on average, 53 hours a year searching for a parking spot at a cost of $1,111 per driver in wasted time, fuel and emissions, according to INRIX.


INRIX analyzed parking databases at 100,000 locations across 8,700 cities in more than 100 countries.

Think Bostonians have it bad? New York drivers endure the worst challenges. On average, drivers in the Big Apple spend 107 hours per year searching for a parking spot at a cost $2,243 per driver.

Los Angeles drivers trailed New York with the most painful parking experience (85 hours - $1,785), followed by San Francisco (83 hours - $1,735), Washington, D.C. (65 hours - $1,367), Seattle (58 hours - $1,205), Chicago (56 hours - $1,174), Boston (53 hours - $1,111), Atlanta (50 hours - $1,043), Dallas (48 hours - $995) and Detroit (35 hours - $731).