The longest parking lot

This is how bad the Tagente traffic jam hell really is

The same picture day after day: mega traffic jams on the tangent, nothing moving. The Viennese need alternatives.(Bild: Ernst Weingartner / Weingartner-Foto / picturedesk.com)

Vienna's south-east bypass (A23) is one of the country's biggest time-wasters - almost every driver has spent countless hours in traffic jams there. A new report by Asfinag shows just how bad the situation really is.

You're not stuck in a traffic jam, you are the traffic jam, as those who generally view cars with skepticism like to say. No matter how you look at it, the tangent is the epitome of non-driving. Day after day, the A23 dominates the traffic jam reports; anyone who relies on this route jerks bumper to bumper to work and back again. The Tangente is Vienna's longest parking lot.

The "Krone" is familiar with the new Asfinag report, which shows how urgently alternatives are needed for the city - but which the Wiener Linien, with its pricing, regular cancellations and creative intervals, does not offer for everyone.