Traffic along the ring road increased by 12.5% in October, compared to the same month the year before. This makes the traffic along the ring road in October 2015 the heaviest on record. Traffic along the ring road in the first ten months of this year is 5.4% compared to the first ten months of 2014. The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration IRCA now projects that traffic in 2015 will increase by 5.5% over 2014.
IRCA measures traffic along the ring road at 16 key locations around the island. According to these measurements traffic has increased by 12.5% since last year. The increase was greatest in East Iceland, where traffic increased by a staggering 36% since October last year. Traffic in and around Reykjavík increased least, or only 4.2%.
Traffic along the ring road increased by 12.5% in October, compared to the same month the year before. This makes the traffic along the ring road in October 2015 the heaviest on record. Traffic along the ring road in the first ten months of this year is 5.4% compared to the first ten months of 2014. The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration IRCA now projects that traffic in 2015 will increase by 5.5% over 2014.
IRCA measures traffic along the ring road at 16 key locations around the island. According to these measurements traffic has increased by 12.5% since last year. The increase was greatest in East Iceland, where traffic increased by a staggering 36% since October last year. Traffic in and around Reykjavík increased least, or only 4.2%.
