Paris is being dethroned by Bordeaux: the capital is no longer the congested city of France. According to the ranking of TomTom, a famous GPS company, published this Tuesday, January 7, the city of Gironde is the one with the most traffic jams in 2024. The town headed by ecologist Pierre Hurmic is ranked 24e out of 500 in the TomTom global index, far ahead of Paris. The city of lights is in 45e position. Marseille completes the tricolor podium (63e).
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According to GPS information, Bordeaux motorists lost an average of 113 hours in 2024, or the equivalent of 4.7 days, in traffic jams, compared to 111 hours the previous year. The average congestion rate is 33%. Additionally, it takes on average 31 minutes and 8 seconds to travel 10 kilometers in Bordeaux. In 2023, the average travel time calculated there was 26 minutes and 30 seconds to cover the same distance by car.
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On the Paris side, the time to travel 10 kilometers is estimated at nearly 29 minutes, and residents have lost an average of 101 hours in traffic jams. In Marseille, which completes the French top 3, it takes a little over 27 minutes to reach 10 kilometers. Finally, motorists lost 93 hours in the Marseille city.
ALSO READ Google Maps AI promises to eradicate traffic jamsThe top of the global ranking is dominated by the city of Barranquilla, Colombia, where 130 hours were spent in traffic jams in 2024. The first European city to top the index is none other than London, followed by Dublin and Barcelona . Across the continent, Bordeaux is in fifth place.
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