Cork commuters lost more than two days sitting in traffic last year
TomTom said that October 18th was the worst day for travel in Cork city, with a 10km journey taking an average of 19 min 40 seconds. Pic: Larry Cummins
Cork city commuters lost more than two days sitting in traffic last year.
Data released by location technology specialist TomTom showed that out of 146 hours spent driving, 57 hours of this was time (2 days, 9 hours) lost due to congestion, an increase of two hours and 13 minutes than in the year previous.
For those in the larger metropolitan area, this figure was lower, with the site showing that 46 hours (1 day, 22 hours) was the amount of extra time spent driving in rush hours over the year, 56 minutes more than in 2022.
TomTom, who created a traffic index that shows live traffic information as well as an annual roundup, said that on average it took Cork drivers 15 minutes and 40 seconds to drive 10km.
October 18th was the worst day for travel in Cork city, with a 10km journey taking an average of 19 min 40 seconds.
Generally, Tuesday evening rush hour from 5pm-6pm is the worst time for traffic on average.
Travel times and speeds are based on worldwide trip data spanning 543 billion km anonymously collected during the year from drivers within the larger metropolitan area or a 5 km radius from the city centre throughout the complete road network.
Out of 901kg CO2 emitted while driving, 183kg of this was due to congestion, which would take 90 trees grown over a year to absorb.
Cost-wise, the 2023 data shows that out of €630 spent on petrol, 8 average-sized tanks or €128 was due to congestion, with slightly lower figures for diesel – €105 out of €565, or 7 tanks was spent due to congestion.
For those with electric vehicles, TomTom estimates an average of €523 spent on charging, with €77 of this going towards congestion, or approximately 29 full charges of an average car battery.
Cork was lower on the list of slow urban centres than previous years, ranking 212th in the world, while Limerick ranked slightly higher at 202nd.
The average time to travel 10km in Dublin increased by one minute last year, leading it to become the second slowest city in the world, behind only London in terms of time taken to drive 10km.
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