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NEW: in yesterday’s UK gov press conf, we heard UK road traffic had risen

We’ve been tracking this at @FinancialTimes for weeks using data from @TomTom, and it’s true:

Londoners are on the roads much more than people in many foreign cities

Live version: ft.com/content/0c1375…
London is supposedly under a lockdown like those in Paris, Madrid & New York, yet people are still out on the roads in relatively large numbers.

London traffic levels are down significantly on business-as-usual, but still notably higher than in peer cities across Europe and US.
You can visit this page every day to see our latest data & chats on alternative indicators of lockdowns, including road traffic, air pollution, box office revenues and our bespoke China Economic Activity Index that tracks China’s emergence from lockdown ft.com/content/0c1375…
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