• Hungarian forint
  • Budapest
  • Police news
  • HelloMagyar
Budapest traffic: is it worse than ever?Budapest traffic: is it worse than ever?Budapest traffic: is it worse than ever?Budapest traffic: is it worse than ever?
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Society
  • Sport
  • Culture
  • Special Hungary
  • News To Go
  • World
  • Contact Us
  • About us
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
✕
Important
  • BREAKING: Explosion at a family house, one policeman died in Hungary

  • Another airline to fly to Budapest for Christmas

  • Amazing discovery: Roman sarcophagus found in Western Hungary

Support us
András Balogh András Balogh · 23/06/2021
· Society

Budapest traffic: is it worse than ever?

Budapest traffic jam

MTI

Recently, it has become more and more a topic that there are traffic jams everywhere in Budapest. These are usually subjective opinions, individual experiences. In addition, these opinions came after more than a year of low traffic. What do the numbers say?

Recently, more and more traffic jams have been reported from the Budapest area, writes Metropol. The Hungarian government uses this to create a negative image of Gergely Karácsony, the opposition mayor of Budapest. With the help of telex.hu we looked at what the numbers show.

The number of car purchases has exploded.

Compared to 2019, 10 per cent more people use their cars in the capital. The number of congestions in Budapest also increased by 10 per cent. Car usage can be inferred from fuel consumption data, car purchase data, and data from GPS applications. The number of car purchases has jumped.  In the first five months of 2021, more than 60,000 new cars were sold. More new cars mean more traffic.

The Waze navigation application measures the number of users. This obviously does not cover the entire traffic in Budapest. However, nearly 20000 users represent traffic trends fairly well. In June of 2021, 10 per cent more people used their car than two years ago at that time. TomTom shows daily and weekly average congestion levels. The company’s data shows that compared to 2019,

the number of traffic jams is slightly higher.

On the company’s maps, you can also see which roads have the biggest traffic jams. Based on this, the Nagykörút and Hegyalja street are the two focal points. Furthermore, in the case of the lower quay of Buda, Andrássy street, Üllői street, Gyáli street and Hungária street, we can expect more traffic congestion.

There are several reasons for the formation of traffic jams. Downtown road and bridge renovations began a couple of weeks ago. The renovation of the Chain Bridge has started, the lower quay of Pest is closed, and there will soon be a restriction on Blaha Lújza Square. So the amount of traffic jams is not significantly higher under the leadership of Gergely Karácsony than before. In addition, more cars and road renovations also make car traffic more difficult.

 

gergely karácsony and krisztina baranyi
Read alsoGergely Karácsony presents most urgent actions of new 99 Movement programme

Source: Metropol, telex.hu

If you would like to support the work of the Daily News Hungary staff and independent journalism,
please make a donation here
Budapest car Hungary traffic transport
Share

Hot news

  • 15 Hungarian universities among Europe’s top

  • BREAKING: Explosion at a family house, one policeman died in Hungary

  • Hungarian museum wins prestigious European award!

  • OTP Bank files report linked to tax authority probe of Budapest mayor’s campaign financing

  • Hungarian FM: ‘Terrorism, illegal migration form vicious circle’

  • What happened today in Hungary? 20 September, 2023

4 Comments

  1. Deli Dániel says:
    23/06/2021 at 08:54

    Yes, there are more traffic jams because people have money to buy more cars thanks to the government’s help and certainly not because Gergely Karácsony closing roads to make a “concrete palm beach”.

  2. Nathaniel : says:
    23/06/2021 at 10:33

    What percentage of new vehicles purchased and registered – over the past (12) twelve months – your article makes the point of 60,000 purchased new vehicles in the first (5) five months of 2021 – have been purchased as Private for Family or Personal use – and what percentage Purchased under a Company name or by the Government of Hungary – for fleet or Personal Ministerial use ???
    Governments – are constant big buyers up-daters of new motor vehicles by use of Tax payers Money.
    This being answered may give a CLEARER indication to the increase – on paper – of the rise in newly acquired purchased Motor Vehicles.
    Fidesz – just continuation under lack of relativity and substance – spreading on-going Falseness by propaganda – directed at the Lord Mayor of Budapest.

  3. Anonymous says:
    23/06/2021 at 10:52

    Orban is giving money to certain groups to buy cars (Electric car subsidies,families….) so people have an incentive to buy cars. Then like always it somebodies else’s fault…it’s the mayor, it’s the EU, it’s the homos…

  4. A.Nonymous says:
    23/06/2021 at 12:35

    If there isn’t one already, then implement a congestion charge. The bigger the engine, the higher the charge …… The thing I’ve noticed about some Hungarians, (not all I might add) they love to show off what vehicles they have. The bigger and more powerful the better.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SUPPORT US
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Must read

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to receive daily updates, news & stories about Hungary!

Select your location below or enter your country so we can deliver our morning newsletters to you in time.

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

.

Contact us

About us

Copyright rules

Privacy policy

Advertise with us

© 2023 DailyNewsHungary. All rights reserved! | Server and development by Svigelj Levente E.V
15 Hungarian universities among Europe’s top

15 Hungarian universities among Europe’s top

Read More
BREAKING: Explosion at a family house, one policeman died in Hungary

BREAKING: Explosion at a family house, one policeman died in Hungary

Read More
Hungarian museum wins prestigious European award!

Hungarian museum wins prestigious European award!

Read More
OTP Bank files report linked to tax authority probe of Budapest mayor’s campaign financing

OTP Bank files report linked to tax authority probe of Budapest mayor’s campaign financing

Read More
Hungarian FM: ‘Terrorism, illegal migration form vicious circle’

Hungarian FM: ‘Terrorism, illegal migration form vicious circle’

Read More
What happened today in Hungary? 20 September, 2023

What happened today in Hungary? 20 September, 2023

Read More
First Hungarian-Moroccan co-production wrapped up

First Hungarian-Moroccan co-production wrapped up

Read More
Hungarian socialists urge broad rail upgrades over state’s airport purchase

Hungarian socialists urge broad rail upgrades over state’s airport purchase

Read More
Paul Taylor in Budapest, be part of a special gastronomic experience in Hungary

Paul Taylor in Budapest, be part of a special gastronomic experience in Hungary

Read More
Hungarian FM: Hungary ‘values-based, pro-peace’ stance appreciated worldwide

Hungarian FM: Hungary ‘values-based, pro-peace’ stance appreciated worldwide

Read More
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Have you read it?