After a reprieve from car traffic in 2020, vehicle miles traveled have now surpassed pre-pandemic levels in almost every metro area.
Lockdowns and the widespread adoption of remote work in the early days of the pandemic offered a rare glimpse of streets without the usual noise and air pollution from traffic. Four years later, though, both traffic and congestion exceed pre-pandemic levels across most of the US, according to a new report published Thursday by the transportation analytics firm StreetLight Data.
