{"id":321263,"date":"2019-06-04T09:55:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T07:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=321263"},"modified":"2019-06-04T09:55:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T07:55:03","slug":"these-are-the-worst-times-to-drive-in-joburg-cape-town-and-durban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/321263\/these-are-the-worst-times-to-drive-in-joburg-cape-town-and-durban\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the worst times to drive in Joburg, Cape Town and Durban"},"content":{"rendered":"

TomTom has released the results of its latest Traffic Index, showing which cities have the highest levels of congestion in 56 countries around the world.<\/p>\n

The report analyses traffic congestion in terms of how much extra travel time is added to a 30-minute journey during peak traffic times, as well as the times of day that these peaks are most likely to hit.<\/p>\n

Of the 403 cities assessed by TomTom, Mumbai took number one spot this year with drivers in the Indian city expecting to spend an average of 65% extra travel time stuck in traffic.<\/p>\n

Next, in the global rankings are Colombian capital, Bogota (63%), Lima in Peru (58%), New Delhi in India (58%) and Russian Capital, Moscow (56%), making up the top five most congested cities in the world.<\/p>\n

Traffic congestion has increased globally during the last decade, and nearly 75% of the cities TomTom includes in the new Traffic Index report had increased or had stable congestion levels between 2017 and 2018, with only 90 cities showing measurable decreases.<\/p>\n

“Globally, traffic congestion is rising. And that\u2019s both good, and bad, news,” said Ralf-Peter Sch\u00e4fer, TomTom\u2019s VP of Traffic information.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s good because it indicates a strong global economy – but the flip side is drivers are wasting time sitting in traffic, not to mention the huge environmental impact.”<\/p>\n

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Cairo was named as the most congested city on the African continent, with the rest of the top seven made up of South African cities.<\/p>\n

Cape Town was named as the most congested city in South Africa (90th in the world), closely followed by Johannesburg (105th) and Pretoria (182nd).<\/p>\n

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Cape Town\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Tom’s data shows that Cape Town drivers can expect a 30-minute trip to take upwards of 50 minutes during peak morning and evening traffic.<\/p>\n

This peak traffic starts at around 05h30 in the morning on a weekday morning and continues to 10h00 – peaking at around 07h00.<\/p>\n

Peak traffic in the evenings begins at around 15h00 in the afternoon and continues until around 18h30.<\/p>\n

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Johannesburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Tom’s data shows that Johannesburg drivers can also expect a 30-minute trip to take upwards of 50 minutes during peak morning and evening traffic.<\/p>\n

This means that Johannesburg and Cape Town face essentially the same commute times during peak traffic.<\/p>\n

This peak traffic starts at around 06h00 in the morning on a weekday morning and continues to 10h00 – peaking at around 07h00.<\/p>\n

Peak traffic in the evenings begins at around 15h00 in the afternoon and continues until around 18h00.<\/p>\n

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Durban\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Durban has considerably less traffic than Cape Town and Johannesburg, but drivers can still be caught out during peak times.<\/p>\n

Tom Tom’s data shows that Durban drivers can expect a 30-minute trip to take just over 40 minutes during peak morning and evening traffic.<\/p>\n

A substantial amount of this traffic is seen on side-roads and main roads (25%) as opposed to highways (10%).<\/p>\n

Peak traffic starts at around 06h00 in the morning on a weekday morning and continues to 08h30 – peaking at around 07h00.<\/p>\n

Peak traffic in the evenings begins at around 15h30 in the afternoon and continues until around 17h30.<\/p>\n

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Read: Cape Town\u2019s traffic is so bad some companies are \u2018decentralising\u2019 their offices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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