The report was primarily based on information from over 600 million in-car navigation techniques and smartphones

New Delhi:

The UK capital London was the slowest metropolis to drive via 2023 on this planet, with a mean velocity of 14 kmph in rush hour, a report stated. Two Indian cities, Bengaluru and Pune, have been additionally on the record of cities with the worst site visitors, the report by the Amsterdam-based location expertise specialist TomTom confirmed.

The TomTom Traffic Index evaluated 387 cities throughout 55 nations on six continents by their common journey time, gasoline prices, and CO2 emissions. It was primarily based on information from over 600 million in-car navigation techniques and smartphones.

For every metropolis, TomTom calculated the typical journey time per kilometer from the time it took to cowl the hundreds of thousands of kilometers pushed throughout your entire community within the 12 months 2023.

Bengaluru, Pune Among Cities With Worst Traffic

Bengaluru (6) and Pune (7) have been the 2 Indian cities that have been named among the many world’s ten worst traffic-hit cities in 2023.

In Bengaluru, the typical journey time per 10 km in 2023 was 28 minutes 10 seconds, whereas in Pune, it was 27 minutes 50 seconds, the TomTom report stated.

Bengaluru, the IT capital of India, was additionally named the second most congested metropolis in 2023 after Ireland’s capital Dublin. 

The worst day to journey via Bengaluru final 12 months was September 27, when the typical journey time to drive 10 km was recorded at 32 minutes.

In Pune, which was the sixth most congested metropolis final 12 months, it was September 8, when it took about 34 minutes to cowl a distance of 10 km.

Delhi, Mumbai Also Hit By Traffic

Delhi (44) and Mumbai (52) have been additionally on the TomTom Traffic Index.

In Delhi, on common, it took 21 minutes 40 seconds to drive 10 km in 2023, and 21 minutes 20 seconds in Mumbai, the report confirmed.

London, Dublin, Toronto Worst Traffic-Hit Cities

London, with a mean journey time per 10 km of 37 minutes, was town worst affected by site visitors in 2023, based on the TomTom report.

Dublin had a mean journey time per 10 km of 29 minutes 30 seconds final 12 months and was ranked second on the record, whereas Toronto in Canada, the place it took 29 minutes to journey 10 km, was named third.

In London and Dublin, journey instances for round a 9-km journey elevated by +1 minute in comparison with 2022, the report stated.

Average Speed Decreased In 2023

In 2023, the typical velocity decreased in 228 of the 387 cities analyzed within the site visitors index, in comparison with 2022, TomTom stated.

As many as 82 cities noticed their common velocity stay unchanged, whereas 77 cities had a better common velocity and shorter journey instances than 2022.

In greater than 60% of 351 cities the place TomTom aggregated gasoline costs, the typical price range in gasoline elevated by 15% or extra between 2021 and 2023.