Executive Summary
Foreword
Introduction
Rankings
Two Pillars
Safety
Fleet Management
City Snapshots
What This Means
Outlook
Methodology
Paris presents a contradiction the data makes precise. Passenger congestion exceeds the threshold at every hour — zero uncongested windows — yet the city’s variability score is 83, among the highest in the study. Congestion is constant, but remarkably consistent. Gridlock so predictable it becomes plannable. The safety profile tells a different story. Paris generates 1,191 harsh events per 1,000 trips, the highest of any city. 78.5% are harsh accelerations — drivers apply full throttle habitually from every standstill. The Périphérique and inner arrondissements produce conditions that are congested but not flowing in the way Rome’s are. Paris congestion is stop-and-start; Rome’s is steady. That difference is visible in the fuel data: Paris trucks waste 18.2% of all fuel idling, the worst figure in the study. Trucks still outperform passenger vehicles (+15), demonstrating that structured freight operations find ways to work even in the most constrained environments.
City snapshot: 05 Paris: Gridlocked but predictable
For fleets operating here The predictability of Paris congestion is the operational asset. Daytime deliveries should be scheduled around the congestion pattern, not against it. Off-peak and night- time windows are where the real efficiency gains sit — Paris’s variability score means timing precision is achievable for fleets willing to structure around it.
Score: 37
Driving profile
Congestion: 30
Trip Inefficiency: 58
Passenger: 31
Truck: 46
1,191 harsh events per 1,000 trips — safest in the study
18.2% of truck fuel wasted idling — highest in the study
15 points Trucks outperform passengers by 15 points
European Urban Freight Efficiency Index 16
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