Traffic Congestion (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards

Increased car use → slower speeds, longer journey times, traffic queues

7:30-9:30am and 5:00-7:30pm

8 km/h

Stress, high blood pressure, reduced exercise, less family time

Over 5,000 deaths per year

Fog mixed with smoke or other atmospheric pollutants

Allows traffic to bypass city centres

A bridge that carries one road over another

A road that passes underneath another road

Park outside city, finish journey by bus, reducing urban cars

80,000 people

120 million passengers

€20 annually