Waterloo traffic

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Waterloo2024 traffic
Congestion levels, travel times and speeds are based on worldwide trip data spanning more than 737 billion km anonymously collected during the year from drivers within the larger metropolitan area (“metro”) and central city area (“city center”) throughout the complete road network — including fast roads and highways crossing this area.


Work rank 2024
Travel time
331
Average travel time per 10 km
16
min
27
s
20 s more than in 2023
Average speed
36.5km/h
0.9 km/h slower than in 2023
Total distance driven
771.6million km
19.3 thousand trips around the Earth
Worst day to travel in 2024
December 4, Wednesday
19 min 7 s
Average travel time to drive 10 km
37%
Congestion level
Work rank 2024
Congestion level
425
Average congestion level
19%
2%p more than in 2023
Monthly congestion level
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2024
2023
Traffic pattern
How was traffic distributed in Waterloo depending on the day and time of day?
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How busy was Waterloo during rush hour?

Let's take a closer look at rush hour. How much extra time was spent idling in traffic? What was the average speed?
One way commute
km


Rush hour
morning
Time taken to travel 10 km
16 min 26 sec
36.5 km/h
Average speed
24%
Congestion level
Time taken to travel 10 km
18 min 54 sec
31.7 km/h
Average speed
36%
Congestion level
Rush hour
evening
How much extra time did we spend driving in rush hours over the year?
31 hours = 1 day, 7 hours
3 h 43 min more than in 2023

Driving patterns in Waterloo

What did traffic look like over a week in Waterloo?
One way commute
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15 min 48 s16 min
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15 min 53 s16 min
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15 min 59 s16 min
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16 min 17 s16 min
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16 min 51 s17 min
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