84 results for congestion

1 March 2018

As London marks 15 years since it started getting cars off the streets with its congestion charge, we turn the spotlight to the UK’s roads. Does the congestion charge go far enough?

19 September 2016

A new report from Eurostat has found that London has the worst traffic congestion of all European urban areas. But just how bad is the city’s congestion? Well, it’s so dire that the average driver was found to lose about…

16 March 2016

Seattle unveils the latest addition to its transport network this weekend: the U Link light-rail line. Its route that begins at the University of Washington, near Husky Stadium, and ends up at Angle Lake. Seattle's Sound…

24 February 2016

Now that the majority of China’s population lives in cities, its central government is prioritising urban challenges such as pollution and traffic congestion – and “weird” architecture. According to the state council, which…

18 January 2017

Attention all urban-planners: Hanoi needs you. Vietnam’s Department of Transport is running a competition to find a congestion-busting solution to the capital’s gridlocked streets and the winning entry stands to win a prize…

13 January 2017

Some might question the need for more cars in Southeast Asia, given that the roads of many of its bulging capitals are already traffic-clogged. But growing wealth in this optimistic corner of the world is feeding the aut…

25 May 2016

Santiago’s subway system is on track to be the greenest in South America; this week Chilean president Michelle Bachelet announced that the capital’s metro system would be adapted to run on 60 per cent renewable energy.…

26 September 2016

San Francisco is experimenting with a new set of policies and programmes to help it become a better city. The city’s planning department, the Municipal Transport Agency and the County Transportation Authority have developed…

9 June 2016

National and city politicians are facing off in New Zealand. The federal government is exasperated with the city of Wellington for resisting the NZ$90m (€55m) Basin Reserve flyover that it claims would ease congestion in…

30 October 2015

While Jakarta Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama has labeled Go-Jek his “unwanted child”, the renegade transport app has proved useful in the fight against congestion. Jakarta must address its horrendous traffic prob…