Just how bad is the traffic in Greenville, SC?

Spoiler alert: Traffic isn’t great. We dove into the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s congestion data so you don’t have to.

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If you look up “traffic” in the dictionary, there’s a picture of Woodruff Road. | Photo by The Greenville Journal

What would you do with 48 hours? Sit in traffic, apparently. That’s the average time Greenvillians lost to traffic congestion in 2024, which is 5% worse than the year before.

By the numbers

According to a recent report from Texas A&M Transportation Institute, a trip that would take 20 minutes without traffic takes...

  • 23 minutes with traffic
  • 24 minutes in the peak direction
  • 29 minutes to plan for a punctual arrival
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We’re going behind-the-scenes at the TMC. | Video by GVLtoday

Inside the Traffic Management Center

The City of Greenville keeps traffic flowing in its state-of-the-art Traffic Management Center at the Public Safety Complex on Halton Road. Traffic engineers stagger their shifts to keep an eye on commutes during the busiest times of day.

A wall of monitors features live feeds from 65 cameras along with live maps, and the engineers can adjust traffic signals in real-time.

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