The Uruguayan capital has an average vehicle speed of 24 kilometers per hour, according to the TomTom Traffic Index.
At the level of South America, Montevideo Not only does it rank as the fourth city with the highest traffic congestion, but it also has an average vehicle speed of 24 kilometers per hour.
At the same time, it is the sixth most congested in the Americas, and is ranked 26th in the world ranking, with an average travel time of 23 minutes to travel 10 kilometers. All this data comes from the TomTom Traffic Index prepared by the website specialized in TomTom maps.
Last Tuesday, the Economic Research Center (Cinve) presented a report on the matter, pointing out the keys to understanding the factors that generate this phenomenon in Montevideo transportation.
In dialogue with radio Carve, the economist and coordinator of the Cinve Transport and Mobility Studies Group, Gonzalo Marquezindicated that to understand the problem, it is necessary to understand the impact that public transportation has on people, since people understand that it is a problem only for companies, and that they are the ones that must solve it, but it is not presented as a a social problem.
Montevideo traffic has worsened in the last 15 years
“Congestion was a phenomenon that about 10 or 15 years ago was, in Montevideofocused on some places and in some certain areas,” he explained Marquezwho added that “in recent years we see that it is expanding in its duration, in places and in times.”
According to the specialist, this affects the productivity and efficiency of citizens, in addition to generating social inequalities, impacting those who are least able to develop their mobility and not depend on public transportation. “A city whose backbone is based on public transportation is more efficient than one where this does not occur,” he said. Marquez.
The occupancy rate of the cars in Montevideo It is 1.3 people, that is, a car occupies about 10 square meters of space when it is circulating, while a bus occupies about 30 square meters.
Source: Ambito
