Traffic congestion results in a staggering annual time loss equivalent to 700,000 years for road passengers worldwide, due to an average delay of 2 minutes per day for 500 million daily passengers. Additionally, the monetary loss attributed to traffic jams is significantly high, with costs ranging from billions in various cities and countries to a loss of 2% to 5% of GDP in the US and UK, respectively. Mitigation strategies include infrastructure improvements, expanded public transport, and urban planning measures like carpooling and reversible lanes.

1. Traffic Congestion

2. Time loss due to congestionMore than 500 million passengers travel by road every day, worldwide.If a passenger loses 2 minute everyday , in traffic congestion, total annual time loss is700,000 YEARS !!!

3. Time loss due to congestion Yes, Unbelievable, but true. We lose man time equivalent to 700,000 years , every year, because of traffic congestion.Calculation : Number of road passengers / day = 500,000,000 Average time loss / person per day = 2 minute Total time loss / day = 1,000,000,000 minutes Total time loss for a year = 365,000,000,000 minutes = 365,000,000,000 / ( 60 * 24 * 365 ) = 700,000 YEARS

4. Monetary loss due to congestionTraffic jams cost Moscow USD 1.3 billion a year.Traffic congestion costs the SouthAfrican business USD 18 billion a year.Traffic congestion in Dhaka eats up USD 3 billion a year.

5. Monetary loss due to congestionTraffic Congestion cost of US cities ranges between USD 35 billion to USD 48 billion.US loses roughly 2 % of GNP in traffic congestionUK loses 5 % of GNP

6. Traffic Congestion Costs

7. Traffic Congestion

8. Losses due to Traffic CongestionWasting time of motorists and passengers.Fuel loss.Loss of pay for employees.Loss of life due to not reaching hospital in time.Increased road accidents due to over speed taken to make up the lost time.

9. Losses due to Traffic CongestionIncreased carbon dioxide emission.More atmospheric pollution.More diseases due to increased pollution.Increased mental tension for passengers.

10. Losses due to Traffic CongestionIncreased cost of travel.Increased cost of transporting products.Increased cost of doing business.

11. Losses due to Traffic CongestionWear and tear on vehicles leading to more frequent repairs and replacements.Stressed and frustrated motorists, encouraging road rage and reduced health of motorists

12. Ambulance trapped in Traffic Jam

13. Vehicle pollution

14. Traffic Congestion & Road accidents 1.2 million people are killed in road accidents every year.Over speed resulting from time lost in traffic jams is a major cause for road accidents.At least 120,000 lives can be saved, every year, if traffic congestions are reduced.

15. Road Accidents

16. Traffic congestion at Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo has the world's worst traffic jams.

17. Congestion on a city road in Moscow

18. A traffic jam in the Himalayas (Garhwal hills, India)

19. Bangkok is notorious for its traffic congestion.

20. Congestion on a street in Taipei

21. Congestion caused by evacuees fleeing Hurricane Rita. Traffic in all lanes of the highway is traveling in the same direction.

22. Traffic Jam in Delhi, India

23. Traffic congestion detector in Germany

24. How to reduce Traffic CongestionInfrastructure development.Express highways to be built.Private participation in road development.Low budget development of junctions.Reduction of Junctions.Widening of busy roads.

25. How to reduce Traffic CongestionMore public transport systems.Develop waterways wherever possible.Expand Railway network.Implement Metro Rails in Metros and big cities.Promote Suburban railways.

26. How to reduce Traffic CongestionPromote Car pooling.Urban planning and design.Reversible lanes ( certain sections of highway operate in the opposite direction on different times of the day/ days of the week, to match asymmetric demand )Free / subsidized public transport systems

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