If you feel like you spent more time sitting in traffic this year than last, you're not alone. Across the United States, drivers lost 49 hours to traffic congestion in 2025, a six-hour increase from the year prior, according to a new report from transportation analytics company INRIX. From Chicago to Philadelphia and Boston to Tampa, congestion increased in 254 of the 290 cities INRIX analyzed. But in New York, a city practically synonymous with gridlock, congestion stayed flat.
Venice Beach's bohemian vibe and canals are an almost perfect replica of Venice, Italy. Developed in 1905, the canals of this coastal Los Angeles neighborhood were designed to look like those in Venice.