Düsseldorf fights with traffic jams: drivers lose valuable time!

drivers in Düsseldorf have to adjust to increasingly poorer traffic conditions again after the corona pandemic. An analysis by TomTom shows that Düsseldorf now ends up in sixth place in the most staggered cities in Germany. This evaluation is in contrast to an Inrix report, which describes the city as a stowed capital. While Inrix focuses on heavily stressed roads at peak times, TomTom evaluates the entire road network at any time of the day.

The average speed in the city center is only 25 km/h. The travel time for a ten -kilometer route is 23 minutes and 43 seconds, which represents an increase of 20 seconds compared to before. A driver needs 26 minutes for this route in the morning and even 26 minutes and 51 seconds in the evening. Overall, the loss of time by traffic jams and traffic disruptions adds to 66 hours a year, which affects ten kilometers twice a day. Inrix determined a slightly different loss of time of 60 hours a year.

traffic pollution and main hours

Especially during professional and school days, the dustage is high. The main congestion occurs from Monday to Thursday in the morning and between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The worst situation is on Tuesday between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. when the traffic jam reaches 55 percent. Thursday, November 7th, was the worst day of the year for drivers, with a travel time of over 29 minutes for ten kilometers and a traffic jam of 59 percent.