South Africa’s most congested cities ranked

Commuters in South Africa’s most congested city spends the equivalent of 18 working days to sitting in traffic according to the latest data.

The 2022 TomTom Traffic Index Rating makes for interesting reading as it ranks the most congested cities in the world.

According to the study, it covers “390 cities across 56 countries on 6 continents, and measures cities around the world by their travel time, fuel costs and CO₂ emissions, providing free access to city-by-city information.”

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The study revealed that most congested city in the world is London in the United Kingdom. Drivers spent 325 hours in rush-hour traffic in 2022 with the average speed at a snails pace of 14km/h.

It took an average 36 minutes and 20 seconds to travel a distance of 10km, the longest period of time of all the cities in the study.

Conversely, the least most congested city in the world according to the 2022 TomTom Traffic Index Rating is Almere in the Netherlands,

According to The Outlier, “London has the slowest rush-hour traffic, with the average car commuter travelling 14km/h in peak hour and losing 325 hours a year – the equivalent of almost 41 working days, according to data from TomTom, the navigation technology company which collects data in 390 cities.”

In South Africa, Pretoria is the most congested with commuters losing the equivalent of 18 working days to sitting in traffic. In Cape Town, drivers spend 16.5 working days in traffic, while Joburgers lose 15 working days, moving at an average speed of 37km/h.

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Along the coast, Durbanites positively speed along at 41km/h.

Travel time is affected by the number of cars, the road infrastructure, speed limits and traffic management, such as out-of-order traffic lights.

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