The table demonstrates the average of the time people spend on waiting for transport in various areas in the period, form 1995 to 2015, with predicted figures for 2025
Overall, it is readily to witness that the hours of delay experienced per commuters per year showed an upward trend from the beginning to 2005, followed by a slight decrease from 2005 to 2015, and predicted to 2025. The metropolis showed the highest figure for the majority of the period, with forecast to 2025.
From the beginning of the period to 2005, the smaller cities have shorter delays per person than the bigger ones. In 1985, the time people spend on waiting for the transport in small cities, medium cities, large cities and metropolis cities are 7, 9, 11 and 19 hours. Moreover, 20 years later, this figure increased. While, in the metropolis, the hours of congestion per commuter significant growth, rose 41 hours. Other areas also showed an upward trend but merely a relative improvement.
With the development of transport, the number of hours’ delay people have to deal with was decreased. In 2015, all the categories in the citites was slight decreased. In 2025, this figure set to also show a doward trend in each city but to varying degrees. The total of hours’ congestion in metropolis showed a major rise wherases it is likely to be striking drop.