Traffic in Poland

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 785.43kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 36.08 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 5.47%
Walking 18.13%
Car 34.67%
Bicycle 7.18%
Motorcycle 0.61%
Bus/Trolleybus 17.64%
Tram/Streetcar 9.61%
Train/Metro 6.69%

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 3.64 km
Walking 18.72 min
Waiting 1.54 min
Driving Car 0.28 min
Bicycle 0.42 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.99 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 1.23 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.31 min
Overall 25.81 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 14.99 km
Walking 1.52 min
Driving Car 29.93 min
Overall 31.45 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 6.26 km
Walking 0.56 min
Bicycle 21.42 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.25 min
Overall 22.32 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance 6.84 km
Walking 0.20 min
Motorcycle 13.40 min
Overall 13.60 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 8.91 km
Walking 7.19 min
Waiting 5.50 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 25.03 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.15 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.84 min
Overall 40.70 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 6.11 km
Walking 6.58 min
Waiting 3.57 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.95 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 19.19 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.61 min
Overall 31.00 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 14.67 km
Walking 9.33 min
Waiting 4.80 min
Driving Car 0.09 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 3.75 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 1.53 min
Train/Metro Ride 23.75 min
Overall 43.49 min

Overall Average Travel Time and Distance to Work (School)

Distance 10.00 km
Overall 32.02 min

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Last update: March 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 Poland

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Katowice 157.2 38.5 1220.4 178.3 4953.9
Lodz 144.9 35.8 675.5 164.3 4942.1
Wroclaw 129.8 34.7 517.8 151.1 3601.5
Warsaw 122.3 34.8 524.6 106.9 2944.9
Gdansk 119.0 30.4 126.4 112.7 4456.4
Poznan 106.9 31.6 202.8 75.4 2744.2
Krakow (Cracow) 105.3 31.3 179.9 86.5 2631.6
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