That changed this year on the Vienna A23

On the domestic highways and expressways, car traffic has increased overall this year, but at 86 of 211 counting stations, fewer cars were on the road in the first eleven months than in the previous year. Austria's busiest highway remains the Vienna Southeast Tangent (A23) with more than 59 million cars since the beginning of the year. However, this was about 2.9 million fewer cars than in the same period last year, according to an analysis by the traffic club VCÖ based on Asfinag data.

At 57 of the counting stations, car traffic increased slightly by less than two percent, at 52 stations there was an increase of two to five percent, and at 16 sections an increase of over five percent. Vehicles under three and a half tons were counted. "The traffic load is high, but car traffic has not increased everywhere this year, but has decreased at around 40 percent of the counting stations," summarized VCÖ expert Michael Schwendinger.

What Comes After Vienna A23?

The highway with the second highest load is the South Highway (A2), where just over 50 million cars were counted at the Biedermannsdorf counting station, about 780,000 more than in the first eleven months of the previous year. The third highest number of cars was recorded on the Danube Bank Highway (A22), where around 38 million cars passed the Brigittenauer Bridge, about 550,000 fewer than before. The highway with the lowest traffic load is the Karawanken Highway (A11) with around 5.6 million vehicles at St. Ulrich.

"Too much car traffic makes no one happy. Drivers are more often stuck in traffic, residents suffer from noise and emissions, and the environment is burdened. It is all the more important to exploit the potential to reduce traffic load," recommended Schwendinger. This can be achieved with enhanced mobility management by companies, leisure facilities, and tourism regions. In metropolitan areas, express bus lines with dedicated bus lanes are an effective measure to reduce traffic jams.

(APA/Red)

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