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Scottish cities

Traffic volume on all roads, Scottish cities
Traffic trends Scot cities 2021

Glasgow has the largest traffic volume of Scotland’s major cities, followed by Edinburgh. Traffic volumes in Scotland’s largest cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen) rose in the period 2000-2019. However, in 2020 there was a sharp drop in traffic in all of the cities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying restrictions. Traffic volumes rebounded in 2021 with the easing of restrictions.

Change in traffic volume on all roads, Scottish cities
Perc change traffic trends Scot cities 2021In the selected cities, traffic volumes peaked in 2006 to 2007, but then in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis – from 2008 until 2011 – all the cities showed a reduction in traffic volume. Between 2013 and 2019 there was a net increase in traffic volumes in all the cities. However, in 2020, there was a sharp drop in traffic in all of the cities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying restrictions.Traffic volumes rebounded in 2021 with the easing of restrictions.

Notes

See Scottish Transport Statistics for more detail.

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