Who has the world’s worst traffic?
Do you think traffic is bad where you live? IBM says that traffic in other cities of the world is much worse. The technology titans have compiled a “Commuter Pain” in the U.S. for two years, but this year decided to go global, as the company positions itself as a leader in anti-congestion technology.
The first international traffic study shows that more than 8,000 drivers in 20 countries on each of the inhabited continents, think that traffic is getting to be more of a problem. To arrive at these conclusions, IBM looked at 10 factors, including commute times, driving stress, and even trips canceled due to traffic.
And the winning city for the world’s worst traffic?… it was a tie… Mexico City and Beijing.
The traffic in Mexico City
These two cities topped the scale at 99 points out of 100, followed by other burgeoning mega-cities like Johannesburg, Moscow, New Delhi, and Sao Paolo.
The only American cities to crack the top 20 were Los Angeles, at a commuter pain index of 25; New York, at 23; and Houston, at 19.
(Taken from an article published on foxnews.com on July 2, 2010)
