Paulo Cabral reported from Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, about the traffic problem:

• On Friday evenings traffic jams can stretch as far as 300 kilometers (with an average of 180km).
• Cars move so slowly for so long that at least one couple got married after spying each other as their cars inched along in the jam.
• There is a radio station that runs 24/7 that does nothing but report on the traffic – and creative routes to escape it.
• Helicopters have become an increasingly popular way to commute.

Read more about how this affects Brazil’s economy, and why building more roads isn’t really the solution over here.

Source: BBC