From Marketwatch:
10 cities with the worst traffic in the worldQuoteTomTom, a maker of navigation and GPS systems, gathers data from users around the world to create a traffic index that shows congestion in urban areas. The index measures travel times throughout the day and during peak periods and compares them with travel times during non-congested periods. The difference is expressed as a total average percentage increase in travel time. Commuters in Dublin, for example, will spend 35% more time traveling during congested periods. Local roads, arterials and highways are taken into account. All data is based on actual GPS based measurements and for each city the sample size is expressed in total number of measured kilometers for the period.
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The U.S. barely broke into the top 10 (Los Angeles).
"We've number 9! We're number 9!"
Quote from: oscar on July 27, 2014, 03:22:20 PM
North America barely broke into the top 10 (Los Angeles).
"We've number 9! We're number 9!"
Mexico City's not North America?
Quote from: oscar on July 27, 2014, 05:11:16 PM
Quote from: SSOWorld on July 27, 2014, 05:08:31 PM
Quote from: oscar on July 27, 2014, 03:22:20 PM
North America barely broke into the top 10 (Los Angeles).
"We've number 9! We're number 9!"
Mexico City's not North America?
Point taken. I tend to lump Mexico with Central America.
Which (I believe) is also part of North America ;)
Quote from: SSOWorld on July 27, 2014, 05:22:15 PM
Quote from: oscar on July 27, 2014, 05:11:16 PM
Quote from: SSOWorld on July 27, 2014, 05:08:31 PM
Quote from: oscar on July 27, 2014, 03:22:20 PM
North America barely broke into the top 10 (Los Angeles).
"We've number 9! We're number 9!"
Mexico City's not North America?
Point taken. I tend to lump Mexico with Central America.
Which (I believe) is also part of North America ;)
Only Belize is part of the 15 North American countries (ducks).
Surprised that Atlanta is not on this list.
Wait, that list includes small places like Dublin and Palermo, yet somehow outside of Istanbul doesn't feature any Asian cities like Jakarta, Manila, Shanghai, Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur? Seems more like an indicator that Asians don't buy TomToms.
Do you really think that those cities have car traffic?
Surprised not to see any Chinese city. I expected Beijing to be in the list.
Quote from: Big John on July 27, 2014, 07:17:16 PM
Surprised that Atlanta is not on this list.
That's the first thought I had
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on August 03, 2014, 08:59:03 AM
Surprised not to see any Chinese city. I expected Beijing to be in the list.
I was looking for that as well as Shanghai
Moscow surprised me at #1 because it does have a very extensive subway system. Rome does not because its public transit is weak and Ancient Roman ruins make it hard for large scale infrastructure projects.
Out of all the places Metro Moscow has the worse Traffic in the world accoding to the article.