New Report Reveals the Worst Traffic Day in Texas for 2025

(KNUE-FM) Living here in Texas is fantastic, one of the reasons we know that to be true is because there are more and more people moving to the Lone Star State. Whether it’s the sunshine or job opportunities, people love it here. But with all the extra people coming to Texas that means more traffic. But what day of the week is the worst for traffic in Texas?

There is nothing worst then sitting in a long line of traffic, especially after you have spent hours at work. But most days we don’t have much say in our commute time, we just know that we have places to be. But according to My San Antonio, Mondays used to be the worst day of the week for traffic but not anymore.

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What the 2025 Texas Traffic Report Found

Texas A&M Transportation Institute did their 2025 Urban Mobility Report and found that Monday’s are now the least congested weekday. If you really want to know the worst day for traffic that would be on Thursday afternoons. And that trend isn’t just here in Texas, the research shows that is a trend across the nation.

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Texas Cities Seeing the Biggest Traffic Shifts

In Austin specifically, the report showed that there was almost twice as much traffic on Tuesday from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. compared to that same time frame on Monday.

It seems like most people are trying to avoid leaving their house on a Monday, which doesn’t sound like such a bad plan. As long as you have that flexibility at work.