The global traffic index “Tom Tom” revealed that the average distance of 10 km in Kuwait takes 12 and a half minutes, while the average speed in rush hour is 44 km/h, while the driver spends 106 hours every year in rush hour.
According to the index, Kuwait City ranked 273 globally, 30 at the level of Asian countries, and 8 in the Gulf, in the traffic index, which measures the average congestion on the world’s roads, making it among the least crowded cities in the world, reports Al-Rai daily.
The annual “Tom Tom” index stated that the Maps and Technology Service Department of the index issued the “Annual Global Traffic Index”, which showed that driving a car in most cities in the world is a very expensive process.
The index found that London was still the worst city to travel within by car, taking an average of 36 minutes to cover a distance of 10 kilometres, nearly two minutes more than the previous year. The Indian city of Bengaluru ranked second with a time of 29 minutes to cover the same distance.
New York City appeared for the first time on the index list as the first American city in it, as it ranked 19th with an average time of 24.5 minutes to travel a distance of 10 km, while cities such as Washington, San Francisco, Boston and Chicago came in close ranks.
On the other hand, the city of Orlando came in a good position with a time of 10 minutes and 20 seconds to cover the same distance, while Oklahoma recorded the shortest time, which is 8.4 minutes.