Once again, Inrix has published its list of cities with the most traffic jams or traffic jams. A classification in which being last is the most ideal result, and in which the annual hours that each person loses in traffic jams are shown according to their studies.
The study is carried out all over the world and before entering into the general details and also the national ones, it highlights that after the pandemic and the initial times in which displacements were decreasing, now the situation is practically the same as before. 2020. Although there are places where the averages remain below, in most cases increases in vehicle volumes and lost hours are a reality.
The world cities with the most wasted hours
Istanbul in Türkiye takes the “prize” for the city/urban area with the most wasted hours in the world. Thanks to an increase of 15% compared to 2023 and 38% compared to 2022, it is at the top of the table with 105 hours lost per person. Of course, New York and Chicago with 102 hours follow closely.
Also close is London, which loses the first position in the world in 2023, but remains the first European city with 101 hours lost, followed by Paris with 97 hours which, curiously, are the same as in 2023.
There is no doubt that large cities and their metropolitan areas are a daily challenge and that is why the data we see in the rest of the world contrasts so much with what is supposed to be the case in Spain.
Madrid, Barcelona and Seville are the most saturated Spanish cities, according to Inrix
And we say that the results offered for Spain are curious, because despite the perception that may be had, no Spanish city is among the 100 most congested in the world. And this despite the fact that, for example, Madrid is among the 100 most populated in the world.
In fact, the capital of Spain is the first to appear in the ranking, with an increase of 11% compared to last year and 21% compared to 2022, which places it in 109th place on the list with 40 hours lost . Even so, in Barcelona 41 hours are lost according to the study, but curiously it is interpreted that the impact is minor. A substantial change compared to last year, where Gijón and Vitoria were in the lead.
Seville is in third position with 27 hours, although with a strong increase compared to 2023 (+17%) and 2022 (+21%). It must be taken into account that the works that are being carried out during that period of time also have their weight, and in this case those that have been carried out for some time on the Centennial Bridge will also have an influence.
Palma de Mallorca, however, improves by -7% compared to 2023 and ranks 329th in the world with 26 hours. From that point onwards are the rest of the 52 Spanish cities studied, with Soria in the last position and 927 in the world in which only 6 hours are lost a year.
