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COVID-19 and the Edinburgh congestion charge VII

Traffic flow in Edinburgh

Summary

Traffic flow in Edinburgh is slowly rising again. Automated monitoring of movement along the City Bypass is providing an excellent time-series for calibrating the improvement in air pollution during the Covid lockdown.

Data from Transport Scotland’s Automatic Traffic Counter. Note the pronounced weekend effect. Traffic volume was already well down before the official Westminster lockdown (March 24th).

 

Pre-Covid traffic on the Edinburgh City Bypass Viewed from the Union Canal Scott Russell Aqueduct.Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved] Mat Fascione

 

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