Is 10-to-4 the new 9-to-5?

The number of hourly trips taken by drivers in the US on an average weekday no longer follows the sharply defined spikes in traffic previously seen in the early morning and evening. Rather, they’ve flattened out dramatically, according to the 2023 Global Traffic Scorecard from INRIX, suggesting that working 10-to-4 — at least in the office — is increasingly normal.

With flexibility becoming more common in major cities, some of the typical “rush hour” traffic has shifted into the middle of the day, with trip counts for the entire AM and PM periods both declining 12% and 9%, respectively, from 2019.

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