Car numbers at various Dublin sites remain below 2019 levels, CSO transport bulletin shows
People are continuing to move about more – in the State and getting out of it – since the lifting of Covid restrictions; with bus journeys increasing by up to 24 per cent in places and passenger numbers at Shannon Airport 33 per cent higher than in May 2022. However, car journeys into Dublin are still below 2019 levels, with less sales of petrol and diesel, according to the latest CSO transport bulletin issued on Tuesday.
The number of bus journeys outside of Dublin for week 21 of 2023 exceeded 2019 figures by 24 per cent; At 82 million litres sales of petrol in April 2023 were 4 per cent higher than in April 2022, but were 9 per cent lower than in April 2019. The number of passengers handled by Shannon Airport was 33 per cent higher in May 2023 compared with May 2022, and 11 per cent higher than May 2019;
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