Motorists in Rome spend an average 260 hours in traffic jams or at red lights every year. That is almost 11 days per year.

Italian newspaper La Repubblica quotes the managing director of a consumer organisation which calculated how much time motorists stand still: “It is unacceptable that motorists spend more than two hours driving from the south to the north of the city.”

Congestion is not the only problem caused by traffic in the Italian capital. Noise and air pollution are also severe.

Traffic chaos is common in all Italian cities. In Milan motorists spend ten days in traffic jams on average and in Naples nine.
 

Photo: Traffic in Rome - Flickr/Ambrosia Pictures