Dublin is the second worst city for traffic congestion in all of Europe, new research has revealed.
It takes a car a half an hour to travel 10 kilometres on average in Dublin with motorists traveling at 17kph at peak periods, according to data released by StressFreeCarRental.com. London was the only city more congested where it took 40 minutes to travel 10 kilometres and the average speed was 14kph during rush hour.
Bucharest and Paris both make the top five of the heaviest traffic jams, both taking over 25 minutes to drive just 10 kilometres. Drivers in Italy also experience long wait times sitting in traffic, as Milan, Rome and Turin make the top 10 list also.
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Wroclaw and Hamburg rank at the ninth and tenth worst congested cities in Europe, with an average speed of 20 kph and 23 kph respectively, during rush hour. Brussels also has some of the busiest roads in Europe, with drivers spending over 25 minutes making just 10 kilometres of progress during peak travel times.
A spokesperson for StressFreeCarRental.com said: “It’s unsurprising to see London at the top of the league table - living in one of the most populated cities in Europe means that you’ll be driving at an average of just 14 kilometres an hour at rush hour. Of the top 10, it’s only drivers in Wroclaw, Poland and Hamburg, Germany who can make a 10 kilometre journey in less than 25 minutes.
“For motorists in the busy cities of Turin, Brussels and Rome, the journey will take an average of 25.2 minutes. But it’s even worse news for drivers in Paris, Bucharest, Milan, Dublin and London where a 10 kilometre trip will take close to half an hour.
They added: “Drivers are experiencing slow moving traffic every day - with an average speed of only 18.9 kph during rush hour across Europe as a whole. And many motorists are spending over 40 minutes doing their daily commute because of how congested European city roads have become.
“This is frustratingly slow and none of us particularly enjoy spending longer than we already do sitting in our cars while we miss out on things we would rather be doing.
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