DRIVERS SPENDING LONGER IN SLOW LANE
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Nothing not already known by most, but thought the statistics, er, interesting.
Daily Express said:
DRIVERS spend longer stuck in rush hour traffic now than they did two years ago, research shows.
Many of them are stationary for up to half their journeys.
Car maker Citroen compared morning rush hours in London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester and Norwich this year and in 2006.
It found drivers now stand still for 25 minutes and two seconds in an average one-hour journey, in which they travel just 12.9 miles.
Average time at a halt in 2006 was 22 minutes 34 seconds, and in a typical one-hour journey a driver would go 13.8 miles.
London drivers now cover almost double the miles they did in 2006 – 13.2 compared to 6.8 – but their time at a standstill is up by almost five minutes to 24 minutes, six seconds.
Manchester drivers are worst off and are stationary for 25 minutes, two seconds – up from 21 minutes in an hour in 2006.
Julian Leyton of Citroen, which looked at thousands of trips, said: “The weight of traffic is causing a real problem on Britain’s city roads.”
Many of them are stationary for up to half their journeys.
Car maker Citroen compared morning rush hours in London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester and Norwich this year and in 2006.
It found drivers now stand still for 25 minutes and two seconds in an average one-hour journey, in which they travel just 12.9 miles.
Average time at a halt in 2006 was 22 minutes 34 seconds, and in a typical one-hour journey a driver would go 13.8 miles.
London drivers now cover almost double the miles they did in 2006 – 13.2 compared to 6.8 – but their time at a standstill is up by almost five minutes to 24 minutes, six seconds.
Manchester drivers are worst off and are stationary for 25 minutes, two seconds – up from 21 minutes in an hour in 2006.
Julian Leyton of Citroen, which looked at thousands of trips, said: “The weight of traffic is causing a real problem on Britain’s city roads.”
There is a considerable difference when the schools are on holiday, traffic actually flows at peak times.
This shows that it's about time parents got their fat lazy offsprings to either walk or cycle to school (like we did when I was a lad!), instead of taxi-ing them everywhere, congestion makers.
This shows that it's about time parents got their fat lazy offsprings to either walk or cycle to school (like we did when I was a lad!), instead of taxi-ing them everywhere, congestion makers.
School holidays are bliss. My drive to a meeting in Dartford (about 70 miles) took on average about 2h15m a month ago.
I did it in 1h15m yesterday, exactly what my TomTom reckoned it should take. And that's with the roadworks on the M25 approaching Dartford STILL in place.
I really do believe that if they started school at 10am instead of 9am, they'd remove huge traffic issues from the road. By finishing at 4pm rather than 3pm, you'd still have the majority of the 'school-run' traffic out of the way by the time people leave their offices at 5-6pm.
Seems like such a simple idea.
I did it in 1h15m yesterday, exactly what my TomTom reckoned it should take. And that's with the roadworks on the M25 approaching Dartford STILL in place.
I really do believe that if they started school at 10am instead of 9am, they'd remove huge traffic issues from the road. By finishing at 4pm rather than 3pm, you'd still have the majority of the 'school-run' traffic out of the way by the time people leave their offices at 5-6pm.
Seems like such a simple idea.
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