Global Traffic Index 2025: Indian Cities Among The Most Congested On Earth

In a rapidly urbanising landscape, traffic congestion remains among the most challenging tasks that city planners and residents are confronted with. The first formal writings on city traffic began to emerge around 1903 in New York. Overtime, as cities swelled with population, private vehicles took over the roads resulting in slower mobility, pedestrian hazards and lost hours. All of this gave rise to the need of studying traffic worldwide closely, with the hope that one could record, learn and benefit from the results. The TomTom Traffic Index is one such annual global study that collated anonymised GPS data and real-world travel times. With its study, it reveals the latest patterns and rankings of traffic congestion worldwide. In the most recent data given out by the TomTom Traffic Index, Indian cities have come to dominate the ranks for traffic congestion, revealing long-standing issues in planning, transport management and road space allocation.