Traffic jam in Germany: Munich residents need the most patience
Created: 01/12/2023, 06:00
By: Simon Mones
As in the previous year, drivers in Germany spent an average of 40 hours in traffic jams in 2022.
That is significantly less than in 2019. Munich is again the leader.
Munich remains the congestion capital in Germany.
According to the annual analysis by the traffic data provider Inrix, drivers in the Bavarian capital had to endure an average loss of time of 74 hours in 2022.
Compared to the previous year, this corresponds to a decrease of 5 hours, compared to 2019 the minus is 15 percent.
This makes Munich an exception among the 10 most congested German cities.
On the contrary, in many places the volume of traffic jams has increased significantly.
In Berlin, as in 2021 in second place, drivers had to put up with 71 hours of downtime.
A year earlier it was 65 hours.
With a loss of 74 hours, Munich will once again be Germany's traffic jam capital in 2022.
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Traffic jam in Germany: Munich residents need the most patience
In Hamburg, also unchanged in third place, the average time loss increased from 47 to 56 hours.
As in the previous year, Potsdam is in fourth place with 55 hours.
With an increase of 57 percent, the capital of Brandenburg recorded the strongest increase in congestion times within the top ten compared to 2019. Darmstadt made the biggest leap forward in the ranking from 20th place to 5th place with 47 congestion hours.
A year earlier it was 37 hours.
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Even if the city ranking indicates a strong increase in traffic jam times, the problem has eased on average across Germany.
On average, drivers in Germany spent 40 hours in traffic jams, which corresponds to the level of 2021.
In the pre-corona year 2019 it was 46 hours.
Traffic jam in Germany: traffic volume increased in 2022
According to Inrix, however, traffic volume in Germany will have increased in 2022.
The vehicle kilometers traveled on weekdays increased by 8 percent compared to the pre-Corona year 2019.
The ADAC had already identified a similar development for 2021.
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Incidentally, in an international comparison, large German cities are in a relatively good position. According to Inrix, the time lost per commuter in London in 2022 totaled 156 hours (+ 5%), followed by Chicago (155 h/+ 49%), Paris (138 h/- 1%), Boston (134 h/+ 72%) and Bogota (122 h/+ 30%).
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