Travel wave rolls on: How drivers fight against summer traffic!

Travel wave rolls on: How drivers fight against summer traffic!

Füssen, Deutschland - drivers in Austria currently have to adapt to considerable traffic disruptions. The transit routes in the southern direction, such as the A9, A11 and B179, are particularly affected. Summer travel traffic is noticeably increasing, which leads to traffic jams and delays. While on the Situation is tense on other routes. On Saturday morning there was a block handling in front of the border tunnel Füssen on Fernpass Straße (B179) and traffic jams on the Pyhrn Autobahn (A9) in front of the Bosruck tunnel.

There is also particularly heavy traffic on the Karawankentunnel (A11), where drivers have to expect delays of around 30 minutes. On the border Gruskovje-Macelj between Slovenia and Croatia, travelers are waiting about an hour, which also reinforces the delays.

traffic jams and traffic situation

The traffic situation is further tightened by the continued travel time. According to the ÖAMTC, a total of 572 traffic jams on weekends were counted in summer travel traffic in 2024. This represents an increase of 6.52% compared to the previous year. The main causes are an overload of the streets, which is 36.54% of the traffic jams, followed by construction sites that are responsible for 11.36%. The popular transit routes remain represented in the ranking lists of the causes of traffic jams.

In the ranking of the federal states, Tyrol recorded most traffic jams with a share of 22.03%, followed by Salzburg with 19.67%. On the A10 in Salzburg, tunnel work also contributed to improving the traffic situation, although there are still block handling in front of Tunnels. In the meantime, the A9 became 16.08% of the traffic jam to the most affected connection.

overview of the traffic situation

The dusty landing shows that drivers were largely spared by permanent needle tubes in the road network this summer, but could be confronted with occasional megast high of more than 10 kilometers. On the main transit routes such as the A9 and A10, the jams of traffic jams have decreased slightly through vehicles with defective or burning engines.

With the increasing wave of travel, the number of breakdown aids that are provided by stout consultants on weekends is also significantly increased. In the past few weeks, many roadblocks have been added due to storms, especially on the Pyhrn Autobahn (A9) and Arlbergpassstraße.

The traffic situation in Austria remains tense, especially with a view to the upcoming travel times and the challenges for the transit routes. Drivers should be patient during the travel time and, if necessary, consider alternative routes to avoid delays.