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Dubai - The survey showed drivers in Dubai spent an average of 29 hours stuck in congestion last year.

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When you are stuck in traffic, you might think only your city faces such a scenario, but there are many places in the world that have much worse traffic chaos.
Traffic jams cost US drivers an average of $1,200 a year in wasted fuel and time, and much more in Los Angeles, the city with the world's biggest rush hour traffic delays, according to a study by INRIX Inc released on Monday.

Peak-Hour Traffic Woes Most congested countries in the world in 2016 . Thailand: 61 Peak hours spent in congestion . Colombia: 47 . Indonesia: 47 . Russia: 42 . United States: 42 . Venezuela: 39 . South Africa: 38 . Brazil: 37 . Puerto Rico: 37 . Turkey: 34 Most congested cities in the world in 2016 . Los Angeles, Us: 104 Peak Hours Spent In Congestion . Moscow, Russia: 91 . New York, Us: 89 . San Francisco, Us: 83 . Bogota, Colombia: 80 . Sao Paulo, Brazil: 77 . London, Britain: 73 . Atlanta, Us: 71 . Paris, France: 65 . Miami, Us: 65 Source: Inrix

INRIX, based in Kirkland, Washington, aggregates and analyzes traffic data collected from vehicles and highway infrastructure. The company said the latest edition of its Global Traffic Scorecard report was based on 500 terabytes of data from 300 million sources.
While Thailand was the world's most congested country in 2016, according to the study, the United States had the worst traffic among rich, developed economies. 
Drivers in Thailand spent an average of 61 hours stuck in traffic last year, followed by motorists in Colombia and Indonesia with an average 47 hours.
Among cities in Thailand, the study said that out of the 64.1 hours on average which Bangkok drivers spent stuck in traffic last year, some 23% of overall time and an average 33% of their time was spent stuck during peak hours, wasting much fuel in the process.
This was immediately above Caracas and Mexico City, both long known for their horrendous traffic, and which were near the top of the list in the 2015 rankings.
Chronic traffic jams are a concern for global automakers, and some major cities have begun to limit private motor vehicle access to central city areas.
Inrix, however, did not include other cities notorious for traffic jams such as Manila, Mumbai and Saigon. It said it analysed data from 300 million cars and devices using Inrix-based traffic services.
The survey showed drivers in Dubai spent an average of 29 hours stuck in congestion last year. Meanwhile, 15.2 drivers in Al Ain spent an average of 15.2 hours stuck in congestion.

According to an earlier report on Khaleej Times, Dubai's vehicle density of 540 cars per 1,000 people is the highest in the region and one of the highest in the world. The number of vehicles in Dubai has doubled in the last eight years, from 740,000 at the end of 2006 to 1.4 million at the end of 2014, an average annual increase of 8.2 per cent, which is also one of the highest in the world.

Professionals working in Dubai spend an average of 1 hour and 45 minutes commuting to and from work, according to studies.
According to RTA, 539.56 million riders used public transport in 2015, a notable increase from the 531.35 million riders in 2014. In the first six months of this year alone, 273,452,791 riders took public transport in the first half of 2016, up from the 271,302,000 riders in the same period last year.
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