Forbes magazine rates Europe's 20 most congested cities

It probably won't shock you that Forbes magazine ranks London as Europe's most congested city in its 2008 survey.

Londoners drive an average speed that is a hair under 12 mph. I've been in such traffic in London that I would have loved to get going even that fast.

Researchers came up with their list of the 20 most congested European cities by clocking the average speed of cars in a 16-square-mile section in the center of 30 major cities.

I was surprised about how many other UK cities turn up in the magazine's list. Nearly half are in either England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, which, it seems to me, makes Great Britain the worst European country to drive in. Anyone else out there agree?

Of course, I shouldn't gloat. I live in the city that ranked second on the list: Berlin.

The 20 most congested cites in Europe, according to Forbes, are:

1. London
2. Berlin
3. Warsaw
4. Manchester
5. Edinburgh
6. Rome
7. Glasgow
8. Bristol
9. Paris
10. Belfast
11. Munich
12. Amsterdam
13. Dublin
    
14. Birmingham
15. Barcelona
16. Prague
17. Leeds
18. Cardiff
    
19. Newcastle
20. Vienna

Read the complete, accompanied by a photo gallery, here.