Bengaluru tops global traffic charts again, becomes the second most congested city in the world: TomTom report

Mexico City claimed the top spot as the world’s most congested city, with a score of 75.9. The report noted that while free-flow travel time is 1 minute 57 seconds per km, the real-world average time is 3 minutes 27 seconds per km.

In India, Bengaluru has the highest traffic congestion level at 74 per cent, followed by Pune (71 per cent), Mumbai (63 per cent), New Delhi (60 per cent), and Kolkata (59 per cent).

Across India, the average distance covered in 15 minutes is 5.5 km, whereas in Bengaluru, commuters can only travel 4.2 km in the same time.

The report also highlighted that the average vehicle speed across Indian metropolitan cities is 21.9 km/h, while Bengaluru lags at 16.6 km/h. Across India, the average distance covered in 15 minutes is 5.5 km, whereas in Bengaluru, commuters can only travel 4.2 km in the same time.

During peak hours in Bengaluru, the situation worsens in the morning with speeds dropping to 14.6 km/h, when motorists can cover just 3.6 km in 15 minutes, and in the evening, the average speed is at 13.2 km/hr andthe average distance that can be covered in 15 minutes is 3.3 km

Police and senior civic officials in Bengaluru have previously attributed the worsening congestion to factors such as the lack of expansion of existing roads, rapid growth in the city’s vehicular population, metro works, and stalled infrastructure projects, such as incomplete flyovers.