When it comes to Canadian roads, Toronto is in the top spot when it comes to the longest average commutes by distance.
A new study from U.K.
car insurance expert MoneySuperMarket reveals Toronto has an average commute distance of 32 km on a single round trip.
Ottawa narrowly beat Vancouver for second with drivers averaging 24 km per commute, and Edmonton rounded out the top five, with an average commute distance of 21 km.
“We have too many cars and not enough space,” said Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto.
“The city has grown by a million people, and there is not enough road space.” Researchers looked into traffic speeds, commute distances, and overall congestion in over 150 cities worldwide to try to determine how much time could be saved in peak commute hours.
Siemiatycki adds....
