WASHINGTON 鈥� Finding parking is one of life’s little annoyances. While many drivers build time into their commute to find a spot in D.C., a new study is revealing just how much of it they spend circling the neighborhood.
It takes drivers in the nation’s capital about 65 hours a year, or more than two days, hunting for a spot in D.C.
It’s the latest from a study released by transportation analytics company , which polled 18,000 drivers internationally and 6,000 in the United States’ 10 largest cities.
All that circling is costing each driver in the District more than $1,300 a year in gas and maintenance costs, the study said.
It’s not only costing drivers time but money too. The study found drivers in D.C. overestimate the time they’ll need at a meter by about an hour on average, leaving $350 a year on the clock.
