Monday, October 22, 2007

Congestions

Today I checked the speed in Bucharest – it is even lower than in London – it’s approximately 15 km/h. something like this.

But my friend from Nicosia (Cyprus) told me that in their city on Saturdays in general there are mad traffic blocks and he leaves the city on Fridays in the afternoon.

I’m terribly tired of these congestions! I can live without a car but these congestions are also unbearable!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

The Slowest City

According to results of the research lead in big European cities in this summer, the "slowest" has appeared to be London – the average speed of movement in its center does not exceed 19 km/h. GPS-receivers indications established on cars, which within four months (from June till September) were driving in these cities were used for research. Besides the zone in which average speed was measured, has been limited by a square 41x41 kilometers around of the locality center.

The full list of top ten the "slowest" cities of Europe looks as follows:


  1. London – 19 km/h
  2. Berlin – 24 km/h
  3. Warsaw – 26km/h
  4. Manchester – 28 km/h
  5. Edinburgh – 30 km/h
  6. Rome – 30 km/h
  7. Glasgow – 30 km/h
  8. Bristol – 31 km/h
  9. Paris – 32 km/h
  10. Belfast – 32 km/h

Wednesday, October 3, 2007