UK’s worst places for traffic jams – revealed<\/p>\n
If you had to guess where in the UK might be worst for traffic jams, then we'd imagine there's a good chance you'd say London. After all, it's renowned for being congested and even has charges in place in an attempt to beat it.<\/p>\n
However, you'd be wrong. Actually, it turns out that this most unwelcome of accolades goes to the beautiful Scottish city of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
According to analysis by sat-nav manufacturer TomTom, motorists there have an average of 40 per cent extra time on their journeys because of traffic jams than would be the case on an empty road.<\/p>\n
London did rank highly on the list, though, coming in at second place with an average extra travel time of 37 per cent.<\/p>\n
Other offenders to feature included Bournemouth, Hull and Belfast. In sharp contrast, Middlesbrough was found to be the least congested place in the UK – and more work is going on there soon to further improve traffic calming.<\/p>\n
The research found that over the course of a year, the average British motorist spends 132 hours in traffic jams – which equates to five-and-a-half days essentially wasted.<\/p>\n
Head of navigation at TomTom Heiko Schilling pointed out that the UK was home to nine out of the top 100 most congested cities globally.<\/p>\n
"Overall congestion is up by an average of one per cent [year-on-year] in the UK – a mild increase but an increase nonetheless. These results show that there's still a lot of work to be done," he added.<\/p>\n
The expert also seemed optimistic that autonomous vehicles and car-sharing schemes could eventually alleviate the problem of congestion around the world.<\/p>\n
And if this has had you feeling gloomy about all the time you're spending behind the wheel, spare a thought for drivers in Mumbai. This was found to be the planet's worst city for traffic jams, with an average of 65 per cent extra travel time due to queues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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