Here we are going to talk about the highest traffic congestion in cities in the world.
Traffic congestion means a situation in transport in which traffic flow slows down when the number of vehicles travel on the road increases or the roadway capacity decreases due to various reasons.
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It increases the extra fuel consumption including extra travel time for the passengers from one palace to another place and this eventually increases the greenhouse gas emissions from the vehicles, which will increase air pollution.
Let’s take an example to understand the traffic congestion :
We are taking a random city like MOSCOW If the congestion level of Moscow is 21%. This means a half-hour.The ride will take 21% extra time to travel than actual time.
Who is the topper in Traffic congestion?
Some cities are on the top ten list every year.
But according to the reports of “ TomTom” Bengaluru, India topped the list of highest congestion levels in the last year 2019. The congestion level of Bengaluru is 71%, which means it takes 71 % more travel time to reach a location than the actual time.
But India is the only country who has 3 other cities in the top ten excluding Bengaluru, these cities are Mumbai, Pune, and New Delhi. Traffic congestion in these countries is also high.
The governments of these nations with a high congestion level have to take action to reduce this high level of congestion. The government should decrease the rail and bus fright and also promote the use of bicycles for short travels.
These actions can help them to reduce the congestion level and this will reduce the travel time of the passengers and it will also reduce fuel consumption and then lesser will be the environmental air pollution.