Barely have the year 2025 begun, when we again take stock of 2024: this time, we take stock of Ile-de-France traffic, which has caused residents of the region to waste many hours traveling by car.
Paris, the most congested city in terms of traffic in Europe? If the corks are an integral part of daily Parisian and Ile-de-France life, with a lot of congestion on the different axes of ring road in Île-de-Francethe traffic reports have just been released: on average, Parisians and Ile-de-France residents traveling on the road have lost more than 100 hours in traffic jams in 2024according to the TomTom traffic index.
Surprisingly placed after the city of Bordeaux (113 hours of traffic jams in 2024) in the ranking, Paris and its famous traffic jams will amount to more than 100 hours (101 hours to be exact) in 2024. An increase of 30% in congestion compared to the year 2023, according to the TomTom traffic index.
A figure nevertheless discussed, since the traffic index of the Inrix application calculates the number of hours of traffic jams in Paris at 97h en 2024according to data collected on users' smartphones. This time, Paris is coming 6th in the world ranking of the most congested citiesbehind Istanbul (105 hours lost in 2024), New York (102 hours), Chicago (102 hours), Mexico (97 hours) and London (101 hours).
Whether we base ourselves on one or the other of the road traffic indices in Paris, Parisians and Ile-de-France residents remain the big losers in this game, with nearly four full days lost in traffic jams during the year 2024.
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