Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Congested Cities in Photos



The most congested cities in Europe and North America – in pictures

Traffic jams increase pollution, drive up stress and decrease productivity. The Inrix Traffic Scorecard interprets real-time speed data for cities in Europe and North America to establish annual measures of congestion. The results are surprising
Chris Michael and Jo blason
The 25th most congested city: Seattle. Photograph: DA Barnes/Alamy
Rush hour traffic on Interstate 5 in Seattle, Washington.
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
24: Belfast. Photograph: Scenicireland.com/Alamy
Lyon, France.
23: Lyon, France. Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images
Traffic on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Rome.
22: Rome, Italy. Photograph: Guido Cozzi/Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis
Cologne, Germany.
21: Cologne, Germany. Photograph: Caro/Alamy
San Jose, California.
20: San Jose, California. Photograph: RGB Ventures/SuperStock/Alamy
Belgrave Middleway, Highgate, Birmingham.
19: Birmingham. Photograph: Colin Underhill/Alamy
Traffic on the autobahn near Stuttgart, Germany.
18: Stuttgart, Germany. Photograph: BenzA IMG/Alamy
I-95 heading north in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
17: Bridgeport, Connecticut. Photograph: Chris Ware/Bloomberg via Getty Images
New York City - a Manhattan resident squeezes between two cabs during rush hour.
16: New York. Photograph: Angelo Merendino/Corbis
Traffic outside Liverpool Lime Street train station, Merseyside.
15: Liverpool. Photograph: Andrew Paterson/Alamy
Montreal, Canada.
14: Montreal, Canada. Photograph: Hemis/Alamy
Ghent, Belgium.
13: Ghent, Belgium. Photograph: Alexei Fateev/Alamy
Bumper to bumper on the M1 in Nottinghamshire.
12: Nottinghamshire. Photograph: Transportimage Picture Library/Alamy
Austin, Texas.
11: Austin, Texas. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
Rotterdam, Netherlands.
10: Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photograph: Peter Horree/Alamy
Paris, France.
9: Paris. Photograph: RelaXimages/Corbis
M60 orbital motorway, Greater Manchester.
8: Greater Manchester. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian
Traffic backed up on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
7: San Francisco. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
Clapham Common, London.
6: London. Photograph: Roger Cracknell 01/Alamy
Eastbound Hollywood Freeway, US Highway 101, in downtown Los Angeles, the most congested highway in the state.
5: Los Angeles. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP
Honolulu, Hawaii.
4: Honolulu, Hawaii. Photograph: Mark A Johnson/Alamy
Antwerp, Belgium.
3: Antwerp, Belgium. Photograph: Age Fotostock Spain, SL/Alamy
Brussels, Belgium.
2: Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP
Rush-hour traffic in Milan, Italy.
The most congested city in Europe and North America: Milan, Italy. Photograph: Ian Homer/Alamy
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