A recent Toronto Board of Trade report confirms what several Torontonians may already know: this city is dead last when it comes to commuting times, compared to several other metropolitan centres.

According to the study, on average, Toronto commuters spend a total of 80 minutes on the roads getting to and from work, whether it's in their car or on public transit.

Torontonians spend more time in transit than commuters in grid-locked Los Angeles, where the average commute is just over 56 minutes. New Yorkers spend 68 minutes on the roads and it takes the average commuter in Montreal 76 minutes to get to and from work.

Toronto Board of Trade chief executive Carol Wilding described Toronto’s ranking as “embarrassing”. These results were included in the organization’s second annual Scorecard on Prosperity.

Our proclivity to hop in our cars may be behind our terrible ranking. Approximately 70 per cent of Torontonians drive to work, according to the study. Less than 30 per cent of Parisian commuters take the car and only 10 per cent of commuters in Hong Kong rely on their vehicle.

Gridlock costs the country about $5 billion a year, the board of trade suggests.

In its budget last week, the provincial government said it would delay $4 billion worth of transit funding for the GTA – that money was slated to go toward building a system of light rail lines.

Toronto has also been listed as the fourth most-prosperous city, behind Boston, Dallas and Barcelona.