Polish roads cost a fortune

15th January 2011

PLN 4.2 bln is wasted as employees drive to work each year

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Polish drivers in the seven largest cities cost the economy PLN 4.2 bln each year through being sat stuck in traffic according to a new study.

Consulting firm Deloitte, authors of the report, teamed up with online route-planner targeo.pl and took into consideration factors such as the number of employees in each city and salary variations.

“It was simple. We calculated the amount of time that drivers waste sat in traffic jams on their way to work each day,” said Rafal Mikolajczak, CEO of Indigo, the operator of Targeo.pl.

“Driving a distance of 10km in Krakow during rush hour means that you have an extra 30 minutes of travelling to do. In total, that’s a loss of around nine ...

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