A closer look
Sao Paulo, Brazil, holds the record for some of the world's worst traffic jams, with a historic gridlock on November 15, 2013, stretching an apocalyptic 192 miles. Commuters regularly spend up to four hours a day trapped in their metal misery boxes, leading to a local culture where people shave, watch movies, and probably cry in their cars. To escape this asphalt purgatory, the city's ultra-rich have simply opted out of roads entirely, creating the largest fleet of civilian helicopters on the planet. There are over 400 helipads in the city, meaning the sky is essentially a VIP lane for those who can afford to literally look down on the gridlocked peasants. It is a brilliant urban transport strategy, assuming your bank account resembles a phone number and you do not mind turning the sky into a noisy game of billionaire bumper cars
