Transportation
These Are the World’s Most Congested Cities
You aren’t imagining it. Traffic is back to pre-Covid levels in many cities—and in some places it’s even worse.
For a second year in a row London ranked as the world’s most congested city.
Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/BloombergTraffic is back. While lockdowns and home-working might have quietened our streets through the pandemic, traffic levels are now at or above pre-Covid levels in many cities across the world.
The worst cities in the world for traffic are found in the US and Europe, according to a report by INRIX Research, a transport research company. The group found that 42% of urban areas in Europe had more congestion than before the pandemic, and 39% in the US. The UK was particularly awful, with 72% of urban areas seeing more congestion.