Taipei Global Congestion City Rankings Win Beijing and Shanghai

Due to serious traffic congestion, driving the car has become a pain in the hearts of the mainland people. However, according to reports from Taiwan media, TomTom, a Dutch manufacturer of satellite navigation (GPS) equipment, said that traffic jams in the urban areas of the mainland are still not the most serious. The most serious city on the two sides of the Taiwan Straits is Taipei, ranking 11th and higher than Beijing. 15th) or Shanghai (ranked 24th) are all serious.

According to TomTom’s latest ranking of the world’s most congested cities, the top three are Istanbul in Turkey, Mexican city in Mexico, and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The most congested city on both banks is Taipei (11th place), followed by Chongqing (12th place).

The traffic jam index in Beijing is 37%, which means that in the congested time, the average owner spends 37% more time than normal driving. It is worth noting that in the top 30 cities, only Beijing, Shanghai, Moscow, and Istanbul, the highways (including expressways) are more severely congested than ordinary roads. If the congestion status of the expressway is ranked, the congestion rate in Beijing is the sixth in the world, followed by Shanghai in the world.

The most congested city in the mainland is Chongqing. The Chongqing population has tripled since the 1990s. The passage of many rivers and the mountainous landscape have resulted in narrow roads and numerous bridges in Chongqing. The average congestion index in Chongqing is 38%, ranking 12th in the world. In the morning, the peak congestion index was as high as 82%, ranking second in the world.