Transport Bulletin March 2022

Key findings

• Data for the end of February 2022 showed that car traffic volumes in Dublin increased by 27% compared with week one of this year
• The number of heavy goods vehicles (HGV) in selected regional sites in February 2022 was higher than the volumes before the start of COVID-19
• Passenger numbers handled by Dublin airport was almost 14 times that of February 2021 but still 35% lower than February 2020
• The number of rail and bus journeys in the week starting 20 February 2022 was 65% of the number taken in early March 2020
• There were 13 fatalities on Irish roads in February 2022 compared with five in the same month in 2021 and 19 in 2020