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The 2020 edition of TomTom’s Traffic Index has found that the global pandemic brought about a halt to increasing levels of traffic congestion in cities around the world as lockdowns led to…

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Europe’s Worst Cities For Traffic Congestion

February 18, 2020

Among the cities of Europe, Moscow has the worst traffic congestion. This is according to the 2019 edition of TomTom’s Traffic Index. Now in its ninth year, the Traffic Index…

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Where US Commuters Spend The Most Time Stuck In Traffic

February 5, 2020

The commuters of Los Angeles experience the worst traffic conditions in the United States. This is based on the analysis of TomTom included in the 2019 edition of the Traffic…

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Cities

How The Road Network Determines Traffic Capacity

December 3, 2019

ETH researchers have shown that we can use the structure of urban road networks to predict their traffic capacity. This information enables urban and transportation planners to quantify how changes…

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Traffic Congestion Reconsidered

November 7, 2019

Despite efforts to encourage a shift to sustainable transportation, traffic congestion is often the focus of debates over mobility. Global demand for automobiles rose significantly in the 1990s, with annual…

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