Foreign city with the biggest traffic jams

• The foreign city with the biggest traffic jams

Every person who ever visit or live in the city, is well aware of what a traffic jam. This phenomenon is quite common, however, even among large cities with an incredibly busy transport network across the absolute champions.

Brussels 1.

The capital of Belgium and the place where the headquarters of the largest and most important institutions of the Western world, in particular the European Union and NATO. Is it any wonder that there are so many cars? Corks in this place that is still a problem. Every year, city residents spend in traffic jams for about 70 hours.

2. Cologne

The fourth in population and area city in Germany has long been plagued by traffic jams. Surprising in this is nothing, because Cologne is also one of the economic and cultural centers of the state. Residents of one of the oldest cities in Europe spend in traffic jams and congestion around 71 hours each year.

3. Antwerp

Back in Belgium. One of the most striking antirekordsmenov Western world in traffic jams on the roads is precisely this multi-million settlement. Each year, a resident of Antwerp spends waiting at the wheel 71 hours of his life. Despite the fact that the city is not too big and populous.

4. Stuttgart

The German city, which today remains one of the key industrial centers in Germany. Stuttgart is also an important cultural center. Both reasons are attracting huge number of visitors. It is partly because of this, there are huge traffic jams. Each year, a resident of Stuttgart carries out jam in 73 hours.

5. New York

The level of congestion to the previous "record" and can be compared to New York. All the same 73 hours to spend in the local Americans jams, despite the best efforts of local authorities to improve the situation with the transport infrastructure.

6. Houston

The fourth in the number of people in the US city, which also suffers from numerous (and very long) traffic jams. The settlement is home to about 2.3 million people. It is worth mentioning that this is where concentrated many US aerospace companies. Due to the not very successful infrastructure, the residents of Houston spend in traffic 74 hours a year.

7. San Francisco

Sunny San Francisco, California and can boast no traffic jams. Here are some of the longest in the world. Despite the fact that the city is home to only 850,000 people, local residents spend on traffic jams around 75 hours a year.

8. Washington

The capital of the United States "deserved" the metropolitan traffic jams! Just think, in this city is home to around 650,000 people, and the cork in Washington one of the longest in the world. Local residents know firsthand that a traffic jam on the road, because in the year every motorist spends in the "standby" for more than 75 hours.

9. London

The largest city of the United Kingdom with a population of more than 8.5 million people. Traffic jams in this metropolis almost the biggest in the world. Each year, Londoners spend on them more than 101 hours a year. The situation is only getting worse, in spite of everything, even the successful initiatives of the authorities.