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03-22-2016, 12:35 PM
Bangkok is the second-most congested city in the world
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Thailand's capital is k**wn for being among some of the more congested cities in Southeast Asia, but a new study has **w placed its traffic jams second just behind Mexico City.
According to Dutch navigation firm TomTom (http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/trafficindex/list), Bangkok's traffic moves 57% slower on average compared with a clear road situation. During morning peak hours, it slows to a further 85%, and a snail-like 114% in the evening.
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Evening traffic can result in jams for hours.
Image: Soeren Stache/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
SEE ALSO: There were 25,000 weddings in Delhi yesterday, and a lot of traffic (http://mashable.com/2015/12/08/25000-weddings-delhi-traffic/)
Mexico City, in first place, has traffic chugging at 59% slower on average, but never reaches the kind of pace that Bangkok does during its peaks. Mexico City peaks at 97% in the morning, and 94% in the evenings. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/22/bangkok-traffic-jams/)
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Thailand's capital is k**wn for being among some of the more congested cities in Southeast Asia, but a new study has **w placed its traffic jams second just behind Mexico City.
According to Dutch navigation firm TomTom (http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/trafficindex/list), Bangkok's traffic moves 57% slower on average compared with a clear road situation. During morning peak hours, it slows to a further 85%, and a snail-like 114% in the evening.
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Evening traffic can result in jams for hours.
Image: Soeren Stache/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
SEE ALSO: There were 25,000 weddings in Delhi yesterday, and a lot of traffic (http://mashable.com/2015/12/08/25000-weddings-delhi-traffic/)
Mexico City, in first place, has traffic chugging at 59% slower on average, but never reaches the kind of pace that Bangkok does during its peaks. Mexico City peaks at 97% in the morning, and 94% in the evenings. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/22/bangkok-traffic-jams/)
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