The Drive Time Belt

The costliest place to commute by car is Atlanta, according to Sperling's Best Places, a research company, who based its study on the expenses of households where two people drive to work. Atlanta, whose residents pay $5,772 annually to sit in morning traffic, beat out the traditional winner, Los Angeles, as did six other southern cities. In all, eight of the top ten costliest commuting cities are in the Southeast, including four in Florida: Orlando, Jacksonville, Pensacola and Cape Coral.