This game uses Numbeo traffic rankings for average one-way commute time by city.

• The number is measured in minutes, not in moral worth or urban sophistication.
• It reflects self-reported survey data, so who answers and which metro boundary they imagine both matter.
• A long commute can mean jobs are far away, housing is expensive near them, transit is slow, or all three at once.

Minutes on the road are a city budget written in other people's mornings.