bengaluru bengaluru was ranked the second most congested city in the world during 2022 in the city centre bbmp area category according to the traffic index published by dutch location technology specialist tomtomon average it took 29 minutes and 10 seconds for bengalureans to cover 10km in the cbd area during 2022 the average speed during rush hour in the city centre was 18kmph against 14kmph in 2021read alsoinfrastructure stress traffic bad roads ruining brand bengaluru expertsa decade ago bengalurus growth story was chronicled as linear and elegant cut to the present bengaluru has become a metaphor for a mismanaged and ruined city while the supreme court pointed to bengalurus civic and transportation woes and suggested that the chandigarh administration notthe report stated that london was the most traffic clogged city centre with commuters taking 36 minutes and 20 seconds to cover 10km0039what do the little red hearts at bengalurus traffic signals meanin the city centre category dublin ireland was the third congested followed by sapporo in japan milan in italy and pune sixth in india the other clogged cities in india were new delhi 34 and mumbai 47in the metro area category bogota is the most congested followed by manila sapporo lima bengaluru fifth mumbai sixth nagoya pune tokyo and bucharest in the metropolitan area it took 23 minutes and 40 seconds for bengalureans to cover 10km the average speed was 22 kmphcity centre is an urban area with a radius of 5km covering the busiest parts of the city metro area measures traffic of the entire region which includes city and rural areas in close proximitybengaluru was the 10th most congested city in 2021 and was sixth in 2020 during these years there were no bifurcation of a city into city centre and metro areasthe report stated that the worst day to travel in the city centre of bengaluru in 2022 was october 15 a saturday that day the average travel time to drive 10km was 33 minutes 50 seconds in the city centre in fact the average travel time increased in bengaluru last year the data suggests that the average time it took to travel 10km in bengaluru increased by 40 secondsbengalureans spent 260 hours 10 days in driving and 134 hours due to congestion the emission yearly released was 1009kg co2 emitted and 275kg due to congestion the worst rush hour was on fridays between 6pm and 7pm driving 10 km took on average 37 minutes 20 secondsone day of working from home fridays could save 52 hours of time and 201 kg co2 a year three days of working from home fridays mondays thursdays will save 157 hours and 603 kg co2 during the morning rush bengalureans spent more than 15 minutes per 10km trip and over 20 minutes per 10km trip during the evening during the morning trip average speed was 19kmph and 16kmph during evening rushcovering 389 cities across 56 countries on six continents the tomtom traffic index measures cities around the world