{"id":39654,"date":"2015-01-24T22:52:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=39654"},"modified":"2025-01-19T17:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T22:29:36","slug":"philippines-ranks-9th-in-index-of-worst-traffic-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/24\/philippines-ranks-9th-in-index-of-worst-traffic-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines ranks 9th in index of worst traffic worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24002\" style=\"width: 901px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Manila-Traffic-PANOBAMAGBLOG-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24002\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Manila-Traffic-PANOBAMAGBLOG-3.jpg\" alt=\"Manila traffic  (Photo courtesy of PanoBaMagBlog on WordPress)\" width=\"901\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Manila-Traffic-PANOBAMAGBLOG-3.jpg 901w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Manila-Traffic-PANOBAMAGBLOG-3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Manila-Traffic-PANOBAMAGBLOG-3-600x412.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manila traffic (Photo courtesy of PanoBaMagBlog on WordPress)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Serbian-based research outfit, Numbeo, recently released a report on the countries with the worst traffic in the world, with the Philippines taking 9th spot globally, and weighing in at 4th place in Asia. The study compared the traffic situation in 88 countries worldwide, using a \u201ctraffic index\u201d in order to compare and determine the ranking of each country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe composite index of time consumed in traffic due to job commute, estimation of time consumption dissatisfaction, carbon dioxide consumption estimation in traffic, and overall inefficiencies in the traffic system,\u201d Numbeo said, in explanation of the traffic index used in ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Higher scores on the index reveal worse traffic situations, in comparison with other countries.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/super-cialis.html\">https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/super-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Philippines was given a traffic index of 202.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy modafinil online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/modafinil.html\">https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/modafinil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>31, marginally higher than Thailand\u2019s score of 200.79.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bangladesh was ranked as having the worst traffic in Asia, with an index of 280.43.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 countries with the worst traffic in the world, and their corresponding indices, are:<\/p>\n<p>1. Kenya \u2013 317.24<br \/>\n2. Egypt \u2013 293.39<br \/>\n3. Bangladesh \u2013 280.43<br \/>\n4. Bolivia \u2013 243.93<br \/>\n5. Nigeria \u2013 241.71<br \/>\n6. Jordan \u2013 232.05<br \/>\n7. Iran \u2013 214.14<br \/>\n8. South Africa \u2013 208.39<br \/>\n9. Philippines \u2013 202.31<br \/>\n10. Thailand \u2013 200.79<\/p>\n<p>With a traffic index of 45.49, Turkmenistan took the 88th spot in the list of countries; indicating that the country has the most efficient traffic management system of all the countries included in the study.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zydena online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/zydena.html\">https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/zydena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Serbian-based research outfit, Numbeo, recently released a report on the countries with the worst traffic in the world, with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285930,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39654\/revisions\/285930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}