Interestingly enough, traffic seems to have become more of an issue on Staten Island since this year began. This busy borough recorded 192 traffic complaints during the first quarter of 2019, and 118 complaints during Q1 2020, marking a -39% difference. The total number of complaints filed with 311 services went from 149 in Q1 2019 to just 38 in Q1 2020 – a 74% drop.īrooklyn and Queens also saw the numbers of traffic complaints go down during the first three months of 2020, and so did Manhattan. In the Bronx, one of the boroughs with the most extended commute times, the number of traffic complaints was also much lower compared to this time last year. You might think that 516 is still a high number of complaints in just three months, but for a city like NYC, a nearly 50% drop is unprecedented. What’s more, the number of 311 complaints dropped 49% compared to Q4 2019. Traffic complaints across NYC dropped 37% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2020, from a total of 817 in 2019 to 516 at the end of this March.

Travel times are prolonged during these months, as roads are often obstructed by heavy snow, and tourists flock into the city for the holidays. Traffic late in the year intensifies, as people drive around to finish their Christmas shopping.

Fast forward to the final three months of 2019, and the number of traffic complaints reaches 1006, again, mostly related to congestion and truck route problems. The bulk of these complaints were related to congestion/gridlock issues or truck route violations. NYC Seasonal Variations in Traffic Complaints 2019-2020 Infogramĭuring the first three months of 2019, New Yorkers filed a total of 817 traffic complaints with 311 services.

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