Transportation
How to Create a 26-Lane Traffic Jam in Delhi
An attempt to ease congestion on one of India’s busiest highways has made things much, much worse.
In the Indian capital of Delhi, traffic is part of life as commuters routinely find themselves snarled in miles-long gridlock. And a series of photos tweeted out by social activist Anil Sood, who’s been protesting the lack of adequate traffic management by local governments, shows just how bad these gridlocks can get.
Pictured is a 26-lane jam on National Highway 8, a 17-mile long expressway that connects Dehli to the industrial district of Gurgaon. It’s one of India’s busiest highways. Ironically, the standstill is in large part the result of an experimental effort to ease congestion along that expressway, according to The Daily Mail.