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Covid-19 continues to have a serious impact on public transportation with air, rail and bus travel reduced by more than half compared to before the shutdown.
Air passenger numbers fell nearly 90 percent in July with severe restrictions on foreign travel due to the virus.
In July, passenger numbers fell from 3,911,133 at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports in July 2019 to 416,434 in the same month this year, a drop of 89.4 percent.
Passenger numbers decreased during the first eight months of 2020 by 65.7% at Dublin Airport, 66.3% at Shannon Airport and 70.1% at Shannon Airport.
The railroad is the most affected national public transport. Intercity, Dart and Luas services were reduced by more than 60 percent between March and August.
The number of passengers on the buses is around half the level they were at before closing.
The number of bus trips outside of Dublin now stands at 54.6% of pre-Covid-19 levels. The corresponding level for bus travel within Dublin is 50.1%.
Figures produced by the Central Bureau of Statistics looking at transport use from March to September, which covers the lockdown, show that traffic volumes have increased from a low point in late March, but are still below levels. prior to Covid 19.
Traffic counter data shows that traffic volumes for the week starting August 30 were 15.7% lower in regional locations and 18.9% lower in Dublin than in the same week in 2019 .
Traffic was reduced across the country by 75 percent at the end of March, when the country was in total lockdown and has been increasing steadily since.
New car sales fell 30.6 percent in the first eight months of the year, from 103,582 in 2019 to 71,873 this year. However, they appear to have recovered slightly, with sales increasing 2.2 percent year-on-year in August.
Heavy Vehicle (HGV) volume in 2020 has exceeded 2019 volumes since June in Dublin and for nine of the last 11 weeks in regional locations, suggesting the economy is recovering.
Despite significantly lower traffic volumes, there have been 13 more deaths on Irish roads in the first eight months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
Cycling in Dublin declined during peak hours and rose during off-peak hours, reflecting the fact that many city commuters work from home.
The volume of cyclists during the week between 7 a.m. M. And 10 a. M. And of 4 p. M. A 7 p. M. Decreased significantly when the restrictions were stricter. In April there was a 79.8 percent drop in the volume of measured cyclists.
Volumes are slowly recovering, but data for August shows that volumes are still 64% lower than the same month last year with 42,170 trips in August this year compared to 114,594 in August 2019.
The volume of cyclists during off-peak hours has remained close to or exceeded the levels of 2019 with the exception of the month of April, when there was a drop of 40.7 percent compared to April 2019.
Volumes for the months of June 2020 and August 2020 were 9.5 percent and 9.4 percent higher than in the same months of 2019.
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