Italians waste the most time in traffic. In Rome, 254 hours a year, in Milan, 226 hours.

Among the worst in the world. Among those where citizens waste the most time stuck in traffic. traffic: hours and hours which, added together, make entire days.

HOURS LOST IN TRAFFIC IN ROME

The most ruined is Rome: after Bogota, it is the city in the world where drivers spend the most hours stuck in traffic, waiting to make some progress. Italian capital are 254 hours the year, in capital of Colombia you go up to 272 hours a yearIn practice, more than ten days of the life of a Roman citizen are entirely wasted in smog and the unnerving wait for traffic.

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HOURS LOST IN TRAFFIC

The report of this Italian disaster was drawn up in the Inrix ranking which took into consideration 200 city in 38 countries of the worldAnd while we're all aware of the precarious state of public transportation in Rome, which certainly doesn't discourage car use and thus worsens traffic, things aren't going so well in Milan either. The Lombardy capital, in fact, ranks seventh in the rankings, with 226 hours wasted each year in traffic.

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HOW MUCH TIME DO WE WASTE IN TRAFFIC?

The conclusion is simple. Aside from investments in public transportation, which are increasingly necessary, Italians still haven't learned to use their cars less. They are still slaves to itAnd they didn't understand that, once we reduce our use of the car, there will be three less wastes in our lives. Money, time e health.

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