Visitors jams value every driver greater than €1,000 in wasted time in Europe’s most congested metropolis final yr.
London has probably the most congested roads in Europe for the fourth yr in a row, in line with a brand new evaluation.
Visitors analytics firm Inrix discovered that it had the fifth most clogged roads on the planet general.
Inrix says in its 2024 International Visitors Scorecard that the capital metropolis accounted for round half of all UK visitors delays, costing round £3.85 billion (€4.64 billion) in misplaced time or £942 (€1,135) per driver.
The analytics agency says town has a number of the worst corridors for visitors delays resulting from its “focus of inhabitants, employment and financial exercise”.
“Whereas the UK did see a slight enhance in congestion once more this yr, general congestion has remained regular,” says Bob Pishue, a transportation analyst and writer of the report.
“Roadworks in key corridors comparable to M25 Properly Interchange brought about appreciable visitors on a primary artery into the capital.”
Pishue provides that, although London accounted for half of all congestion, it was cities exterior of the capital that noticed the UK’s largest will increase in visitors points. Throughout the UK, drivers spent a mean of 62 hours caught in visitors final yr.
A number of the busiest roads within the UK are in London
Transport For London is liable for a community of purple routes – main roads the place automobiles aren’t allowed to cease, park, or load and unload – that carry round a 3rd of the UK capital’s visitors.
A spokesperson for the native authorities physique says that it’s “dedicated to creating positive Londoners can transfer across the capital as safely, sustainably and effectively as doable”.
“We help the motion of everybody throughout London and our funding in strolling, biking and public transport is making it simpler to decide on sustainable methods of travelling, serving to to chop congestion.
“Our community consists of a number of the busiest roads within the nation and we proceed to put money into world-leading programmes to verify roads are used as effectively as doable.”
The place are Europe’s different most congested cities?
The rating relies on the size of delays drivers face, weighted by the quantity of people that reside in every metropolis. Unsurprisingly, numerous Europe’s capital cities got here out on prime of the checklist.
London drivers spent on common 101 hours sitting in visitors final yr, in line with Inrix’s evaluation.
Paris, France had Europe’s second most congested roads and the sixth globally with drivers dealing with 97 hours of delay. Dublin, Eire is the third most congested metropolis in Europe with 81 hours of delays.
Subsequent is Rome the place drivers spend a mean of 71 hours sitting in visitors, then Brussels the place the delays tally as much as 74 hours a yr.
“For the fourth yr in a row, London takes prime spot for probably the most congested metropolis in Europe,” local weather charity Potential mentioned in a submit on social media website X.
“This can be a nightmare for the local weather, Londoners’ well being, and the economic system. We must be bolder in getting individuals strolling, biking & utilizing public transport.”
