The Pune Metropolitan region has a vast road and highway network, consisting of national highways, state highways and expressways developed by private firms. The toll roads in Pune region have been operational for quite some time and were expected to reduce travel time and improve the...

We assemble a new global database on motor vehicle travel speed in over 1,200 large cities in 152 countries. We then estimate comparable city-level indices of travel speed and congestion. Most of the variation in urban travel speed is across countries, not within. National income per capita...