The latest American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) report on road congestion, pegged the cost to the trucking industry at $108.8 billion (all figures USD) in 2022.

That marks a record high, according to ATRI, which measures the costs annually. It uses GPS truck data and its operational cost benchmarks to calculate the cost to the industry.

While a softer freight market reduced the time trucks spent in congestion, the overall cost rose 15% year over year due to higher operating costs. The price tag equates to more than 430,000 commercial truck drivers sitting idle for an entire work year, or $7,588 per truck.

Those trucks also wasted about 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel in 2022, totaling additional fuel costs of about $32.1 billion.

“With rising costs putting pressure on businesses and consumers alike, minimizing delays caused by congestion is more important than ever,” said Frank Granieri, chief operating officer at A. Duie Pyle. “Addressing these challenges requires a shared commitment to modernize our infrastructure and strengthen the backbone of our economy: resilient and efficient supply chains.”

The main culprits were: Texas ($9.17 billion); California ($8.77 billion); and Florida ($8.44 billion). Metro areas with the highest costs of congestion included New York City, Miami and Chicago.

The report can be downloaded here.