Case Study · Infrastructure & Public Works
$34.6 Billion in Lost Wellbeing from Congestion in the GTHA
A transportation case quantified the wellbeing cost of congestion across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Headline finding
-$34.6 billion
What the Work Shows
The analysis makes the cost of inaction visible by connecting mobility constraints to people's lived outcomes.
This work follows consequences through the people affected, compares outcomes with a relevant counterfactual, and makes distributional effects visible rather than relying only on aggregate totals.
Explore the methodology →Why It Matters
Decision-makers can use this kind of evidence to understand both the scale of an outcome and who experiences it — a stronger basis for comparing options, communicating value and testing whether an intervention improves people's lives.
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