世界上堵車最嚴重的城市 北京

Beijing and Mexico City have the worst traffic jams in the world, as record traffic levels take their toll on people's health, productivity and social life, a study said Wednesday.

週三的一項研究顯示，北京和墨西哥城的交通擁堵狀況在世界上最爲嚴重，交通狀況已經嚴重危害到居民的健康、生產以及生活。

Most of the 8,192 motorists interviewed for the IBM Commuter Pain Study in 20 cities around the world said traffic has worsened in the past three years.

IBM的一個名爲通勤痛苦研究的項目對全球20個城市的8192駕駛人員進行了訪問，其中大多數人表示，交通狀況在過去3年不斷惡化。

Beijing and Mexico City scored 99 out of 100 in IBM's commuter pain index, trailed closely by Johannesburg, Moscow and New Delhi. Yet 48 percent of drivers surveyed in the Chinese capital said traffic had improved over the past three years, as the city expands its transportation system.

IBM設定的通勤痛苦指數總分爲100分，北京和墨西哥城都得了99分，緊隨其後的是約翰內斯堡、莫斯科和新德里。調查顯示，48%的北京司機表示，隨着交通系統的擴建，北京的交通狀況在過去的3年裏有了極大的改善。

Moscow outshined its rivals for the longest traffic jams, averaging 2.5 hours--the world average was one hour. Los Angeles had the worst traffic of all US cities, scoring 25 on the commuter pain scale.

在交通堵塞嚴重的城市中，莫斯科“一枝獨秀”，平均2.5次/小時，世界平均水平是1次/小時。洛杉磯得25分，位列美國交通最差城市之首。

But Los Angeles commuters fared much better than their counterparts in Beijing, where traffic was nearly five times worse, according to the IBM survey. Stockholm -- with a low index score of 15 -- Melbourne and Houston had the most pain-free roadway traffic.

但是，根據IBM的調查，洛杉磯通勤表現仍要好於北京，北京的交通狀況比洛杉磯差出將近5倍。斯德哥爾摩的通勤痛苦指數最低，僅爲15，斯德哥爾摩、墨爾本和休斯頓的道路交通狀況最爲樂觀。

IBM blamed most commuter troubles on the failure of infrastructure to keep pace with global economic activity.

IBM指出，大多數的通勤麻煩應歸咎於基礎設施建設未能跟上全球經濟活動的步伐。

IBM's was based on 10 issues, including commuting time, time stuck in traffic and the traffic flow's impact on stress, anger and work.

IBM開展此項研究是基於對10個問題的調查，包括上下班時間、交通行進時間、車輛的流量給人造成的壓力的影響、乘客的憤怒和工作等問題。