'It's not going to happen overnight' — TomTom expert explains how we can fix congestion
Editorial team·Feb 04, 2025

'It's not going to happen overnight' — TomTom expert explains how we can fix congestion

Editorial team
TomTom Blog
Feb 04, 2025 · 1 min read
TomTom expert explains how to fix congestion | TomTom Newsroom

Ralf-Peter Schäfer, TomTom VP of Product Management Traffic and Travel Information, has studied traffic, congestion and its impact on transit for decades. Over this time, much has changed in the world, but one thing has remained constant: the challenge of traffic and congestion.

Watch Ralf-Peter explain how we can tackle congestion

Ralf-Peter Schafer on traffic and congestion

Solving traffic and congestion isn't simple. The first step, as Ralf-Peter explains, is to understand the situation right now, the status quo. With this understanding we can begin to make changes, big or small, to our road network and observe their impact.

Change by change, cities can tackle congestion and improve quality of life for their citizens.

If you're interested to learn more about how your city stacks up in terms of traffic and congestion, check out the TomTom Traffic Index.

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