20Mph Limit Blamed as London Named World’s Slowest City Again
Published on January 10, 2024
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s controversial 20mph speed limit came under spotlight on Wednesday as an index put the city on top of the world’s slowest traffic list for the second year in a row. Drivers in the British capital took an average of 37 minutes and 20 seconds to travel a typical 10 km journey, ranking number one among 387 cities around the world, according to the latest TomTom Traffic Index. It’s one minute more than what it took in 2022, nearly two minutes more than 2021, and almost nine minutes more than the time needed to travel the same distance in Dublin, which came in second in 2023....