Traffic levels almost back to pre-pandemic levels

Unsurprisingly, being in your car or on the bus at 8am and 5pm was the worst time to get caught up in traffic. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Motorists' relief from the 8am and 5pm slog during the covid-19 pandemic years has proved to be only temporary, as traffic levels have nearly caught back up to where they were four years ago.

New data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in conjunction with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) show that by the middle of 2022, traffic levels were nearly the same as they were before the pandemic began, before tailing off slightly in the last third of the year compared to four years ago.