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Coventry outshone Brighton & Hove and Plymouth on the closing leaderboard, which measures some of the key aspects that are driver-friendly – such as fuel prices, cost of parking and traffic congestion.
Predictably, London finished bottom of the leaderboard, with Cardiff and Edinburgh completing the bottom three.
cinch’s research covered the average cost of parking in the city centre, the average price of petrol, the number of available electric vehicle public charging points, the average number of hours lost in traffic congestion per driver and the amount of positive tweets related to driving in the city.
cinch’s motoring editor Sam Sheehan, said: “The aim of our research was to find the standout cities in the UK that provide optimal conditions for car drivers.
Whether you have an Mercedes A Class or a BMW i8, the highest rated cities offer an appealing combination of factors that can make drivers’ lives more comfortable and convenient when they are on the road’.
For example, Coventry, our overall highest scorer, has the UK’s highest number of EV public charging points in relation to its population, consisting an average of 318 public chargers per 100,000 people.
On the opposite side of our metrics, Stoke-on-Trent (20 chargers per 100,000 people) and Wolverhampton (21) are lagging far behind when it comes to public charging. “Coventry and Bradford shared second spot as the city with the cheapest parking-space prices within a 10-minute walk from the centre.
For a one-hour stay between 12pm and 1pm on a Monday, you will expect to pay £1.43 on average in Coventry. Whereas, in Wolverhampton, the city at the top for this metric, it would cost you £1.29 to park your car in the city centre. London, on the other hand, will set you back a mighty £9.25 per hour.
Over the border in Glasgow, drivers spend only 31 hours per year on congested roads during peak commuter periods. Unsurprisingly, back down south, London’s infamously busy streets mean motorists can expect to sit an average of 156 hours per person per year a in traffic on the daily commute.
With petrol prices critical factors right now, drivers in cities such as Leicester (£1.48 per litre), Plymouth (£1.48) and Brighton & Hove (£1.36) are getting a relatively good deal when it comes to refuelling at the pumps.
Those filling up in the major cities of London (£1.66 per litre), Glasgow (£1.65) and Manchester (£1.60) are finding a far bigger blow to their wallets.
Manchester, ranked sixth on the overall leaderboard, possessed the highest share of positive tweets about driving (42%), while Southampton faired vastly different with only 2% of tweets about being on the road in Southampton were positive.
Plymouth, the third city on the overall leaderboard, performed consistently well across most metrics. With a number of services and amenities that clearly suited the needs of its motorists, the South West city is one of the locations with the most positive driving-related posts on Twitter.
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Wolverhampton (£1.29 per hour)
2.
= Bradford (£1.43)
= Coventry (£1.43)
3.
Portsmouth (£1.48)
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Southampton (£1.79)
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Brighton & Hove (£1.36)
2.
= Plymouth (£1.48)
= Stoke-on-Trent (£1.48)
= Leicester (£1.48)
= Cardiff (£1.48)
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Coventry (318)
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Brighton & Hove (147)
3.
London (145)
4.
Nottingham (74)
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Plymouth (60)
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Manchester (42%)
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Kingston upon Hull (34%)
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Brighton & Hove (31%)
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Plymouth (29%)
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Stoke-on-Trent (26%)
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Glasgow (31)
2.
Portsmouth (34)
3.
Newcastle upon Tyne (40)
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Coventry (41)
5.
Norwich (46)
