You’re not imagining it — traffic is getting worse

Data shows that drivers in Cork City spend up to 109 hours sitting in rush hour traffic

Traffic on Cork's South Ring Road. TomTom data shows that Cork City rush hour traffic is 56% worse than the year prior to the pandemic. Pic: Larry Cummins

Drivers in Cork are not imagining things — traffic jams are almost back to the mind-bendingly frustrating levels that they were before Covid-19.

Strong anecdotal evidence has suggested that gridlock is becoming more and more frequent in and out of the city’s arteries — and official data is now backing this up.