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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Slow & furious: A'bad crawls at 19kmph on Monday mornings
1 2 Ahmedabad: Monday mornings see Ahmedabad's traffic crawling at a mere 19 kilometres per hour, forcing commuters on a typical 10km journey to endure 31 minutes and 40 seconds of peak-hour agony. The streets become a parade of urban frustration with vehicles idling behind stubborn public transport buses, honking rickshaws adding to the cacophony and two-wheelers weaving through whatever gaps they can find. Monday clearly emerges as the week's most punishing day for commuters, with evening rush hours proving even more brutal. On Monday and Friday evenings, the same 10km distance stretches into a 33 min 37 sec ordeal as speeds plummet further to 18km per hour. You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad The data comes from TomTom's comprehensive traffic monitoring system, which harnesses Floating Car Data (FCD) from 747 billion kilometres driven across more than 500 cities in 62 TomTom's comprehensive traffic monitoring system tracks movement patterns through 600 million connected devices, including GPS units, navigation applications and traffic camera inputs to analyse congestion patterns and enable smart routing solutions. Ahmedabad ranks 43rd in global travel time and 367th in congestion level, behind Indian metropolitan cities such as Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune, the former two of which are among the global top five cities with the worst travel times on the traffic index. Thursday evenings are the worst. At 6pm, when employees leave offices and children return from tuition classes, the average speed falls further to 17 km per hour. The most dysfunctional period spans from 6pm to 7pm, when multiple streams of urban life converge in predictable chaos. Office workers rushing home, students returning from classes, shoppers heading to markets and delivery executives making their rounds create a perfect storm of gridlock. " For a person who works for a corporate company, where office hours are unavoidably tied to peak hours, it is impossible to not encounter the worst kind of traffic every driving minute," says Musheer Iqbal, 42, a marketing executive from Paldi. Sunday provides some respite from the traffic nightmare. The optimal travel windows are between 8 to 10am and 9.30 to 11pm, when morning commutes drop to a more manageable 28 minutes and 24 seconds, with speeds climbing to 21 kilometres per hour — still sluggish compared to global urban averages of 30 to 50km per hour, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Health Organization (WHO). A senior official from the state's urban development department told TOI that plans are underway to amend the General Development Control Regulations (GDCR) to introduce international-level Street Design Regulations (SDR), inspired by cities like London, Paris and Singapore. These changes will also influence city speed limits, with a proposed cap of 30 kilometres per hour in congested zones. The Roads and Buildings (R&B) department issued a resolution on Oct 15, 2022, setting speed limits for various vehicle types and roads, now enforced by Ahmedabad City Police. For cars carrying up to eight passengers, the maximum speed is 70km per hour on roads such as the SG Road and SP Ring Road. Motorcycles exceeding 100cc engine capacity and goods vehicles face a 60km per hour limit, while smaller motorcycles under 100cc are limited to 50km per hour. ENDS
Time of India
30-06-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Gujarat set to cap speed limit for congested city roads at 30kmph
Ahmedabad: The state urban development department is finalizing speed restrictions for city roads. In a decade, road accidents have claimed 75,738 lives across the state. Govt sources indicated that maximum permissible speed on congested streets will drop to 30 kmph, with limits reaching 45-60 kmph on wider free-flowing arteries. The initiative stems from recommendations by a high-level committee tasked with addressing Gujarat's position as the eighth-deadliest state for road fatalities between 2013 and 2022, according to Union govt data presented to Parliament in Dec 2024. The department's officials are revising the General Development Control Rules (GDCR) to prioritize urban road safety. The new framework will determine speed thresholds based on road width, traffic density and time periods throughout the day. You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad In 2022, state govt had notified speed limits for various types of vehicles. It was then stated that the speed for a car within city limits cannot exceed 70 kmph. The limit for motorcycles of more than 100cc displacement was 60 kmph and for motorcycles of less than 100cc was 50 kmph. The speed limit for a car on expressways was 120 kmph, on highways with dividers and four or more lanes it was 100 kmph and on state highways, it was 80 kmph. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo "Speed limits in cities play a crucial role in ensuring road safety, with higher speeds significantly increasing the risk of severe accidents," a senior UDD department official stated. "At a speed of 80 kmph, the likelihood of death in a crash is 20 times higher than at 30 kmph." The proposed system follows international models where residential and high-traffic zones enforce a 30 kmph limit to protect pedestrians and cyclists. Arterial roads and highways will accommodate faster movement while maintaining safety parameters. Planning incorporates land-use patterns and activity levels along urban corridors. High-speed sections will require engineered pedestrian crossings to ensure safe passage across traffic flows. "The department will analyze the impact of implementation before announcing the enforcement mechanism for all cities," a UDD official told TOI.
