The slowest roads in urban India
New Delhi: An unintended consequence of economic growth in cities is traffic congestion. Everyday, millions of vehicles across Indian cities are stuck in gridlock, but some cities seem to be more affected than others.
A Mint analysis of about 300 arterial roads across the country’s six largest metropolitan regions (New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru) shows that on an average, the slowest arterial roads are in Kolkata and Mumbai, while Hyderabad and Chennai have roads with the highest average speeds.
A 10km commute in Hyderabad takes 26 minutes on average. In Chennai and Delhi, it takes 29 minutes while the same distance takes 34 minutes in Bengaluru, 37 in Mumbai and 39 minutes in Kolkata.
