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- According to Traffic Index 2018,Mumbai has been ranked as the most traffic-congested city in the world for the second consecutive year.
- Traffic Index 2018 is published by TomTom,an Amsterdam based company that offers traffic solutions by using location technology to collect traffic information.The index ranks 403 cities across 56 countries, including 13 new cities.
- This study defines congestion in terms of the additional time taken to reach a destination as opposed to when the road would have been clear of traffic.
- Further,this study ranks Delhi at fourth place while Bogota(Colombia) is ranked second and Lima (Peru) is ranked at third place.
- The study says that Mumbai’s 2018 congestion level of 65% which means that the extra travel time is 65% more than an average trip would take during uncongested conditions.For Delhi,by the same yardstick,the extra travel time is 58% more.
- The study also says that nearly 75% of the cities which were part of the 2018 index had increased or stable congestion levels between 2017 and 2018 with only 90 cities showing measurable decreases.



