In Rotterdam, Haarlem and Nijmegen, drivers need patience most during rush hour. According to navigation provider TomTom’s annual traffic index, passengers in Rotterdam are stuck for 42 hours a year. A little less in Haarlem and Nijmegen, but travel times are the longest: there people spend 118 peak hours a year in the car.
In Haarlem and Nijmegen, it takes the longest for drivers to cover ten kilometers during rush hour: fourteen minutes. Eight minutes in Almere and nine minutes in Utrecht. Other cities that rank high in terms of travel time and congestion are Amsterdam, The Hague and Eindhoven.
In Ireland’s capital, Dublin, commuter drivers experience the most delays in the world. They were detained for 145 hours last year, more than half of that time in the car.
According to TomTom data, London has the longest travel times during rush hour: drivers take more than 36 minutes to drive 10 kilometers during rush hour.
Source: NOS
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