Drivers worldwide know that special feeling of helplessness, which is immersed in people, stuck in a long traffic jam. And no matter where you go: to work, home or just on business, traffic congestion is a curse that undermines the existence of many Americans. But where in the US the worst drivers are and where car owners often spend long hours standing idle on the highway?
Our burning question is answered by the company TomTom, which supplies devices for automotive and personal GPS-navigation. Its analysts conducted a study in which they examined a large amount of data on the state of the traffic for a period of 9 years to bring the index of the traffic and determine the city with the worst situation on roads around the world. In total, the study involved 189 cities, and each of them could receive up to 100 points.
Below we offer you to familiarize yourself with the rating of cities in the United States, where the congestion is worst of all:
If you look at the data worldwide, the cork in the US are not as horrible as it may seem. Led in America is not as bad as, say, in Mexico, Thailand and China. The capital of southern neighbor of the United States, Mexico, actually tops the list of cities with the worst traffic in the world, followed by Bangkok (Thailand), Jakarta (Indonesia) Chongqing (China), Bucharest (Romania) and Istanbul (Turkey).
Los Angeles, the first American city appearing in the world ranking, occupies an honourable 12th place, San Francisco – 30th place, new York-49th place. On the one hand it seems to be good, and with the other is definitely an occasion to reflect, not easy to take public transport.
