Chattanooga commuters wasted more time and gas than ever before while sitting in snarled traffic in 2024, and Tennessee’s fourth-largest town ranks in the top 101 U.S. cities for delays, with commuters as a group logging more than 14 million hours idling at the wheel, according to a recent transportation report. Read the full story with the link in our bio Photo 1 Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / East Brainerd Road is packed with traffic on Friday afternoon, Dec. 5, 2025, in this view looking westbound Photos 2-4 Staff Animation by Sam Kohn / Chattanooga was below the national average for commuter delays, but still saw an increase in traffic from pre-pandemic times. Photo 5 Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Traffic from Highway 153 slows to merge onto I75 southbound on Friday afternoon, Nova. 5, 2024. Commuters trundling through the Scenic City in 2024 each spent 51 hours sitting in interstate traffic, a 5% increase from 2023 as the city has climbed to 91st in the nation for traffic delays, a...