Malaysia has the 4th worst traffic jam condition in SEA with second highest CO2 emission levels
Jerrica · Jan 15, 2021 03:36 PM
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As drivers, we’ve all complained about the traffic jam in the big city before. But as much as we like to complain about the traffic situation in Malaysia, it really is not as bad as our neighbouring countries and this Traffic Index by City 2020 Mid-Year by Numbeo proves that out of the ASEAN countries, Malaysia's traffic congestion situation ranks fourth!
The report covered 81 different countries and focusses on the average time spent in traffic, the amount of carbon dioxide consumed in traffic, as well as the inefficiencies in the traffic system.
Amongst the ASEAN countries, the Philippines is ranked at the top of the charts for having the worst traffic in the region. The Philippines scored 198.84 points in the Traffic Index while Indonesia trails closely behind with 194.61 points.
Thailand follows Indonesia with 170.6 points putting the country in third on the Traffic Index chart. Malaysia is ranked fourth with 169.14 points followed by Singapore at 148.61 and Vietnam with 111.12.
According to the report, Kuala Lumpur has an average Time Index of 41.99 minutes compared to our neighbouring countries like the Philippines which has a Time Index rating of 56.09, Indonesia with 53.10, and Thailand with 45.00.
In terms of the global chart, Malaysia ranks 43rd, right behind Shanghai, China (199.44) and Buenos Aires, Argentina (196.61). Meanwhile, Philippines ranks 11th on the chart behind Kolkata, India (275.97) and San Francisco, USA (273.83).
If you’re curious who came out on top of the charts, it is Lagos, Nigeria. The country is rated 348.01 points and has a time index of 67.39 minutes. That is close to double of Malaysia’s traffic index reading!
Numbeo is the world’s largest cost of living database. The website is also a crowd-sourced global database for information on the quality of life including housing indicators, perceived crime rates, and quality of healthcare, among many other statistics.
Back in 2015, a research discovers that working-class Malaysians spends about 1 million wasted hours annually stuck in traffic congestions per day. This time wasted translates to RM 10 – 20 billion annually on traffic congestion.
So, we can complain all we want, but remember that there are worst conditions in other countries.
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