{"id":423115,"date":"2026-10-09T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423115\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T09:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:36:13","slug":"this-may-be-floridas-worst-city-to-drive-in-new-report-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423115\/","title":{"rendered":"This may be Florida\u2019s worst city to drive in, new report claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-worst-cities-to-drive-in\/13964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-worst-cities-to-drive-in\/13964\">new report by WalletHub<\/a> has ranked the best \u2014 and worst \u2014 places to drive in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The rankings compared 100 of the largest U.S. cities across a variety of measures, including:<\/p>\n<p>Cost of ownership and maintenance<\/p>\n<p>Traffic and infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>Safety<\/p>\n<p>Access to vehicles and maintenance<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cLiving in one of the best cities to drive in can make owning and maintaining a car much cheaper,\u201d said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. \u201cHowever, costs aren\u2019t the only factors that matter; the best cities for drivers also minimize commute times and traffic congestion, have accident rates well below the national average and keep their roads in good condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Nationally, the top-ranked cities turned out to be Scottsdale, Arizona (No. 1); Boise, Idaho (No. 2); and Fort Wayne, Indiana (No. 3).<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">But Florida wasn\u2019t left out of the top 10; Jacksonville managed to eke its way into the No. 9 slot, scoring high for ownership and maintenance costs. Orlando also placed fairly high, coming in at No. 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">On the opposite end of the spectrum, Hialeah ranked as the worst Florida city to drive in, placing all the way down at No. 58.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The full list of Florida cities is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>State RankNat\u2019l RankCityBest Category19JacksonvilleCost of Ownership &amp; Maintenance211OrlandoAccess to Vehicles &amp; Maintenance319TampaAccess to Vehicles &amp; Maintenance441St. PetersburgSafety551MiamiAccess to Vehicles &amp; Maintenance658HialeahAccess to Vehicles &amp; Maintenance<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A new report by WalletHub has ranked the best \u2014 and worst \u2014 places to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6919,28,30,29,785,729],"class_list":["post-423115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-features","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-ranked","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}