These charts show the insane amount of time people spend sitting in traffic

Traffic sucks, and according to a new report released August 26 by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and INRIX, it's getting worse.

In fact, the 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard reports that we've hit a point that is surely among the least welcome signs that the recession of 2008 is over: Traffic has not just returned to pre-recession levels. It's worse.

On average, US car commuters sit in traffic an extra 42 hours a year - but on the worst routes and in the worst cities, that number is more than 80 hours.

Check out how bad it is and what the researchers involved think might help.