Traffic in NYC - Key Facts, Figures, Issues and their Solutions
Second and third are good places to rank, but when we are talking about traffic congestions on the streets, they surely are not where you want your city to be. Yes, New York City comes third among the top traffic congested cities of the world. Among the cities of the US, it is second. These survey results help us picture the ordeal New Yorkers have to go through during the peak travel hours and sometimes even at other times also. Traffic and Parking A reality check of 2017 revealed New York is home to four of the ten highly congested corridors of the US and also that drivers in NY spent 91 hours being stuck in traffic. Putting it in other words, 13 percent of their time is spent sitting inside their cars in congested roads. 11 percent of this is contributed by daytime traffic. In the words of Benjamin Franklin , ‘time is money’ - Lost hour and fuel usage in 2016 put a financial encumbrance of $17 billion on New York City’s economy. This loss of time and fuel also t