25% of Madrid’s residents take an hour or two to get to work, which affects their mental health

Going to and from work takes up a large part of our time and this is bad for our mental health. It’s a conclusion Moovit’s Global Public Transportation Report Data from several Spanish cities was analyzed and compared with the results of the Ministry of Environmental Transformation during the European Mobility Week 2021.

According to this report, one in four people from Madrid take in between 1 and 2 hours to get to your jobWhich negatively affects their well-being and mental health. On the contrary, shortening travel times improves the well-being of citizens.

The study also indicates that while commuting, time spent not only affects the mental health of workers; Crowds also have a negative effect in your well-being.

Cities where it takes the longest (and shortest) to get to work

Of the Spanish cities analyzed by Moffitt in 2022, Madrid is the city with the highest proportion of people having to spend between one and two hours each way to work. In fact, from 2020 to 2022 it increased from about 20% to 24%. Follow him Barcelona, ​​which rose from nearly 8% to nearly 13%.with Seville at similar levels, Tenerife at 11.8% and Malaga at 9.3% in the next positions.

Compared to other European cities, Madrid also holds the highest positions. Rome tops the list with 24.8%It is followed by Madrid and Paris (24%) and Lisbon (23%). in all of them Almost a quarter of the population will see their mental health affected by the long commute to work In addition, they have seen upgrades compared to 2020. Rather In Athens, Berlin and London it does not reach 20%. And they have decreased too.

It is in these last cities that the largest number of “short trips” transfers, that is, Less than 30 minutes. London is in first place with two out of five, while Madrid worsened its data from 35 to 30%.

The average flight time in the capital of Spain has also increased. It’s been 45 to 48 minutesIt ceased to be the one that consumed the least time in 2020 to surpass 46th in London and 47th in Athens in 2022, although it is far from 52nd for Romans or Parisians.

Where it comes in better, though with a slight deterioration in its data, is in long trips (2 hours or more) as only 2% of Madrid have to do this compared to 8% in Berlin or 5% in London.