If you’ve poked your head out the rolled-down window, trying to see who’s at the front of a long line of unmoving cars, I’ll tell you. It’s probably me.
The world traffic jam report is out, aka « Global Traffic Scorecard » from Inrix. Los Angeles, where I was born, is #1. Paris, where I now live, is #9. In all, I’ve lived in 5 of the world’s Top 10 most congested cities. Apologies everybody.
Today is the 38th anniversary of the longest traffic jam in history, according to Scienceoholic. Bumper-to-bumper cars stretched for 175 km from Lyon to Paris on February 16, 1980. No, I wasn’t there 😉
On the eve of Parisian schools’ Winter vacations, where masses of people drive to the Alps to ski, let’s not try to break any records, people. I’ll do my part by staying home!
Three of the most clogged cities feature prominently in my travel memoir French License. Read a sample. Buy the book. Keep a copy in your glovebox just in case.
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