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Worst Rush Hour Traffic Cities

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发表于 2017-2-21 04:59:19 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
15 CITIES WITH THE WORST RUSH  HOUR TRAFFIC:

China has 6 cities on this list!!  

Plenty of drivers complain about rush hour traffic, but some have more to gripe about than others.

Bangkok has the worst evening rush hour traffic in the world for a second consecutive year, according to GPS manufacturer TomTom.


The results were compiled after TomTom tracked a years-worth of traffic in 390 cities across 48 countries.

Here is the 2017 ranking of cities with the most severe evening rush hour traffic:


  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • Mexico City, Mexico
  • Bucharest, Romania
  • Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Moscow, Russia
  • Chongqing, China
  • Istanbul, Turkey
  • St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Zhuhai, China
  • Santiago, Chile
  • Guangzhou, China
  • Shijiazhuang, China
  • Shenzhen, China
  • Los Angeles, U.S.
  • Beijing, China


TomTom's senior traffic expert Nick Cohn said that Thailand -- and many other big cities at the top of the congestion ranking -- have become victims of their own success. Growing economies and surging populations translate into more traffic and commuters.

"It would be a challenge for any city government [to] keep things moving," he said, noting that as more people have moved to Bangkok's low-density suburbs, commuter traffic has worsened.

While Mexico City has the second worst evening rush hour traffic in the world, TomTom considers the Mexican capital to be the world's worst city for full-day traffic congestion.

"It could be middle of the day or late at night, but it's just really, really congested," said Cohn.

"Mexico City has an extensive subway system but it doesn't extend out to where all the population growth is happening," he said. "eople don't have a lot of options for getting to work."

Moscow, which ranks as the fifth worst city for evening rush hour traffic, was higher up the rankings in past years. But congestion has eased a bit since city officials introduced new parking rules.

Cohn said the city now charges for some parking, which "really changed people's behavior."

Istanbul has also seen a modest easing of traffic congestion because authorities have made a point to provide more real-time traffic data to drivers. This helped people plan their drives and avoid severe traffic jams.

"It's still terrible but there is a slight decrease," he said.

The only American city in the top 15 is Los Angeles. Its traffic congestion has worsened, but it's been moving down the ranking over the past few years as other global cities experience more acute traffic problems.


http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/20/ ... r-cities/index.html
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发表于 2017-5-7 16:32:58 | 显示全部楼层
I always knew Toronto wasn't that bad ;p
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发表于 2017-5-8 03:09:03 | 显示全部楼层
chimera 发表于 2017-5-7 16:32
I always knew Toronto wasn't that bad ;p

If only non rush hours (10 am to 3 pm) for highways, but DVP is still heavy though.

Always use major "side roads (non highway)" at all possible.  Not too fast and not too slow, steady fredy.

BUT it can be better if we put some smart people (even summer interns) to work on solving the issue,  with BEFORE and AFTER study of the change to evaluate the improvement.
You do not try, nothing happens.
Like they say,  if you keep on doing the same thing and expect a DIFFERENT outcome, you must be a fool.
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发表于 2017-5-8 08:32:16 | 显示全部楼层
I feel the Dvp is only really bad between 401 and Eglinton. Not sure what they can do to improve the traffic. Maybe hov lanes?
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