Traffic in Italy

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 980.87kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 45.06 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 3.98%
Walking 19.48%
Car 43.98%
Bicycle 5.65%
Motorcycle 6.81%
Bus/Trolleybus 8.90%
Tram/Streetcar 1.05%
Train/Metro 10.16%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance 13.77 km
Average Travel Time 32.03 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 4.30 km
Walking 22.20 min
Waiting 1.27 min
Driving Car 1.47 min
Bicycle 0.50 min
Motorcycle 0.39 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.96 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.32 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.60 min
Overall 28.83 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 17.91 km
Walking 1.60 min
Waiting 0.00 min
Driving Car 29.29 min
Overall 30.89 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 6.30 km
Walking 0.22 min
Bicycle 21.24 min
Overall 22.24 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance 14.38 km
Walking 0.88 min
Motorcycle 19.82 min
Overall 20.69 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 9.93 km
Walking 6.38 min
Waiting 6.79 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 26.09 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.41 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.66 min
Overall 41.82 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 8.42 km
Walking 4.60 min
Waiting 6.80 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 20.30 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.20 min
Overall 32.40 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 21.91 km
Walking 7.82 min
Waiting 6.37 min
Driving Car 0.41 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 2.51 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.46 min
Train/Metro Ride 29.05 min
Overall 47.84 min

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Last update: 14 November 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Italy

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Naples 193.2 43.6 2881.6 216.1 6597.6
Catania 166.9 37.1 920.5 214.9 7188.1
Rome 137.9 35.5 627.7 159.0 4189.4
Milan 130.4 35.9 690.7 128.2 3236.0
Genoa 126.9 33.7 386.5 194.7 3553.8
Bologna 119.4 32.5 273.0 96.3 3669.7
Turin 103.7 27.8 44.0 99.3 3522.5
Trieste 94.9 28.8 66.5 144.9 2111.7
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