Bedford Driving Lessons

South-west London is one of the most congested places in Europe, a new report reveals. Bedford Road in Clapham is Britain’s most jammed street, followed by Trinity Road in Wandsworth. Half of the capital’s 10 most badly affected roads, which are predominantly south of the river, are also among the nation’s 10 worst. The research, conducted over two years by navigation company TomTom, shows that London’s busiest roads are congested for up to 92 hours a week, making the capital Europe’s fourth worst-affected city. It also revealed that the morning rush “hour” now starts at 5.30am on major roads —and in fact lasts for up to three hours. The Standard recently revealed a record 370,000 sets of roadworks — the equivalent of each of London’s estimated 85,000 streets being dug up an average of four times in the last year. The AA’s head of roads policy, Paul Watters, said: “This just highlights the inefficiency of idle traffic, which increases economic waste and is bad for the environment. “London journey times are slow as traffic in the centre moves at around one mile per hour. We need tailored schemes that can fix the hotspots. “Clapham is at a meeting of ways on the South Circular. Orbital movements meeting local traffic in London are always going to be a problem unless you throw a lot of money at it.” He said the capital’s record number of roadworks were also to blame. More