It’s no surprise that the D.C. area has some terrible traffic around here. The crammed, crowded roads have put us on a list that we really don’t want to be on — the worst congestion in the country.

We’ve done it, everybody. We are in the top 10 for worst traffic congestion in the country — #9, as a matter of fact. It’s probably not breaking news to you, if you are out and about on roads such as the Capital Beltway.

But when you talk to the experts about all of this, they say if we don’t do anything about it, nothing is ever going to change.

Our traffic is so bad that some commuters, like Ivan Johnson, are resigned to their fate.

“I’ve been here so long that I’m used to it’s, so it’s no big deal […] I’m numb,” he said.

According to a new report from traffic-tracking company INRIX, many roads around here are rough. The D.C. region ranks 19th for traffic congestion worldwide, and 9th for most congestion in the U.S.

Drivers here waste 70 hours per year stuck in traffic, and that costs each driver $1,289 per year in wasted time and fuel.

“Well, it doesn’t surprise me, because as Americans, we know we love cars,” Dr Rashmi Sadana of George Mason University said.

Sadana has written a book called “The Moving City,” which is about smarter ways to get around. She says our region will have to come to grips with the fact that we need more affordable housing closer to and inside the Beltway to make a difference with congestion.

“Part of it is really about the economics and the way this region has really grown — which is a positive thing,” she said. “But it hasn’t grown with the idea of how are people going to be able to afford to live here and to not have these long commutes.”

And she says we actually commute many, many times per day.

“People I talk to — what are you doing after work? You’re driving your kids to all their different activities right?” she said. “You’re driving to the grocery store; you’re driving to your gym.”

One positive trend noted in this report: People are choosing more options known as micro-mobility, getting around without a car and instead using methods such as e-bikes, scooters and rideshare.

This report says our busiest corridor is DC-295.

New York City took the top spot for worst traffic in the U.S.