The average journey times by car continue to lengthen in Marseille, notes the publisher of GPS TomTom.
In the radius of the explanations: an increase in the use of the car compared to 2019.
Also, in the Aix-Marseille area people use their cars more than in comparable agglomerations.
"Tut tut"! Bumper against bumper, Marseille motorists are advancing in step. Between the "minute" stops in double line, the works and traffic incidents - like the closure of the tunnel under the Old Port this Friday morning after a vehicle lost fuel, the average journey times do not stop lying down in Marseille.
“There are still mind-blowing congestion peaks,” observes Vincent Martinier, Marketing Director of TomTom France.
Latest tip: a congestion rate of 129%, observed on December 1 around 7 am, by the publisher of GPS, which equips, either by mobile or by on-board systems, one in five cars.
Understand: for a trip completed in 20 minutes under normal conditions, it took 46 minutes that day, or 26 minutes spent in traffic.
10% more vehicles compared to 2019 are circulating in Marseille
And the situation continues to deteriorate.
“For three weeks, the average increase, all hours combined, has increased by 50% compared to 2019,” reads Vincent Martinier on his charts.
In the radius of the explanations: a resumption of the use of the car noted by Ifop. Thus, 76% of respondents said they took their car to go to work, against 72% between 2017 and 2019 (+4 points, variation of 5.2%). And Marseille is probably above this average. The Dirmed (Direction Interdepartementales des routes Méditerranée) advanced in the columns of
Provence
a 10% increase in the number of cars circulating in Marseille. A more marked increase than the average, in a city where the inhabitants use the car more than in other agglomerations.
Thus, INSEE, established in a study published in early 2021 that 61% of workers in the geographical area of Aix-Marseille went to work by car, against 51% of the Lyon area or 56% for Nice and Rennes. , thus being in a level of vehicle use equivalent to a city like Montpellier.
The equivalent of 91 OM games spent in traffic jams
Suffice to say that the situation should not improve immediately.
INSEE also observes that one in two (51%) home-work journeys made in the Aix-Marseille geographical area do not exceed five kilometers.
So, if you are still hesitant to invest in a bike, a good pair of sneakers or the like, consider those who have a 30-minute daily commute on office hours.
TomTom calculated based on 2019 figures that these people spent the equivalent of 6 days and 14 hours per year in traffic jams, the equivalent of 91 football games, or what to listen to 2.910
Imagine
, by John Lennon.
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