The traffic congestion in Dhaka city is really terrible, it could not be compared with other cities. The World Economic Forum lists the world's worst traffic jams on their website. An organization called Enrix has done research on this. In 2017, the company, which is famous for publishing traffic scorecards, conducted research on 1,084 cities in 36 countries. The city of Dhaka was not among them. As a result, it is not known where Dhaka city is compared to others.
But last July, the World Bank released a study. It said 32 lakh working hours are being lost every day in the capital Dhaka due to traffic jams. Due to this, the financial loss in a year is about 30 thousand crore rupees. The city now has an average speed of about seven kilometers per hour. The World Bank says that if it continues like this, people will be able to walk before the car in a few days. The traffic situation is getting worse day by day. If the number of vehicles continues to increase at the same rate and no steps are taken to reduce it, then in 2025 the speed of vehicles in this city will be four kilometers per hour, which is less than the speed of human walking. The average walking speed of a person is considered to be five kilometers per hour.
From here the index of Enrix can be compared. According to their calculations, Dublin was the slowest city in terms of traffic last year. The average speed of a car in a traffic jam here is 7.5 kmph, which is the busiest time which comes down to a minimum of 5.5 kmph. The situation in Dhaka is not more convenient than in Dublin! The slowest city, of course, is Wahaka, Mexico. Vehicles have an average speed of 5.9 km. It's better to walk
Last year, commuters in Los Angeles were stuck in traffic jams for more than 100 hours. File image
A study by Enrix found that traffic jams cost London 1,911 pounds per driver last year. In the whole city which is 600 crore pounds or 75 thousand crore rupees. Double the amount of damage in Dhaka.
Los Angeles is the worst city in terms of traffic jams. Last year, commuters in the city were stuck in traffic jams for more than 100 hours. There is no accurate calculation of the average number of hours a year passengers have to sit in traffic. Here's a list of the 10 worst cities in Enriquez to be stuck in a traffic jam for the longest time. The only reason for not having the name of Dhaka may be the lack of research. They will surely understand that Dhaka is a gold mine for traffic researchers at Enrix
10 cities with the worst traffic jams (how many hours a year are spent in traffic jams):
City
How many hours
Los Angeles
104.1
Moscow
91.4
New York
69.4
San Francisco
72.6
Bogota
69.7
Sao Paulo
6.2
Lunds
63.4
Magnitogorsk
61.1
Atlanta
60.6
Paris
65.3