Best and worst cities for traffic in South Africa
TomTom, a provider of traffic, navigation and mapping products, has released the results of its Traffic Index 2017, showing which cities in South Africa experience the worst traffic congestion.
While Johannesburg has long been considered South Africa’s most traffic-congested city, the Index shows a marked improvement in the biggest metropolitan municipality’s ranking since 2009.
Johannesburg has also surpassed Cape Town’s traffic congestion rating on the Index, ranking 70th globally with Cape Town positioned in 48th place.
Johannesburg has, however, experienced a 3% increase in traffic congestion since 2015 and currently sits at a congestion level of 30%. Traffic congestion has also worsened in Cape Town by 5%, to a new average level of 35%.
“Infrastructure development is a major contributing factor to Johannesburg’s improved ranking in the TomTom Traffic Index,” said Megan Bruwer, project coordinator for the Stellenbosch Smart Mobility Laboratory.
“The Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, Open Road Tolling and numerous ITS applications implemented along freeway corridors have also had a positive impact on traffic congestion, not to mention the establishment of the Gautrain,” Bruwer said.
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