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Traffic heavier than before pandemic | The Times
Traffic on British roads is exceeding pre-pandemic levels, fuelled by a reluctance to use public transport and a big rise in internet shopping.
Official data shows that weekday traffic has reached 104 per cent of that before the pandemic. At the weekend, relative traffic levels are even higher, and on June 6 reached 113 per cent of the pre-pandemic total.
Analysis by the Transport Technology Forum, a research group, found that the rise was driven by new working, commuting and shopping habits in the past 15 months, saying there was a “clear change to the make-up of the traffic”.
It said that vans and trucks account for a greater proportion of vehicle journeys than before the pandemic, reflecting the rise in the delivery of food,