Most Traffic Congested Cities

Worlds Most Traffic Congested Cities

Which City suffers the world’s worst traffic congestion is a difficult question to answer. In many countries in the developing world there are simply no accurate stats to track the volume of vehicles using the roads and average journey times, though there are plenty of anecdotal ‘urban myth’ type tales of 12 hour commutes (Nigeria) and people stuck in jams for longer than 24 hours (China). Therefore for ‘worst in the world’ stats, I’ve relied on multiple sources in reference books, motoring magazines and websites. The following Cities all seem to feature in most lists, in no particular order –

For Europe and USA, however, where new technology such as Sat-Nav’s are more prevalent, its much easier to obtain accurate data. The Sat-Nav manufacturer, Tom Tom, publish a quarterly league table for both Europe and USA, based on data obtained from their users devices. It could be argued that the data is based only on people actually using a Sat-Nav, therefore local drivers may tend to be excluded, but the charts below probably provide an accurate reflection on the Cities which suffer most congestion. Full data can be seen at http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/congestionindex/

Europe

USA