Motorways, roads, ring road… What are the most popular routes around Toulouse?
By Guillaume Laurent
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The figures date from 2018, but they say a lot about car travel trends in the agglomeration.
While the debate on the creation of a new interchange on the ring road, the famous East Junction, is sparking debate in the Pink City, the Toulouse Métropole Observatory has just made public, at the end of June 2022, the figures from annual average daily traffic around the fourth city of France, which makes it possible to gauge the frequentation of the various highways and peripheral. They are based on surveys carried out on the multitude of counting stations, placed around Toulouse by the various departments that manage road infrastructure (DIRSO, Vinci Autoroutes, Toulouse Métropole, etc.). Here’s what to remember.
Motorways: in Roques, it’s the pompom on the Garonne
As far as highways are concerned, it is at the level of castlingon theA64that we record the most traffic: 105,787 vehicles per day on average, including 4.2% heavy goods vehicles. Lower, at low wallthere are already half as many: 55,026 per day, but with, here, 10.7% heavy goods vehicles.
On the side of the A68it is reported 44,900 vehicles to the height of The unionat the gates of the ring road, against 27,439 at Saint Sulpicein the direction of Albi.
Side A62Vinci Autoroutes counted on average 74,200 vehicles at the toll of Toulouse Northat Aucamville, against some 53,000 at Pediment.
Finally, as regards the last major highway in the Pink City, the A61concerning motorists coming from or heading for Lauragais and Aude, 60,900 vehicles were renamed at the toll of Toulouse South. They were 39,000 at Castelnaudary.
As far as the national roads are concerned, unsurprisingly, the busiest in the agglomeration is the RN124, which rests the Gers in Toulouse. At the level of Pujaudranjust before Léguevin, the DIRSO reports something 23,606 vehicles. Further east, at Isle-Jourdain, there were 12,671. Figures noted before the delivery of the last 2X2 lane portion of this national road, at Gimont.
10% of total vehicles are heavy goods vehicles
Other interesting indicators: on the four motorways in the region, the share of heavyweight regularly crosses the bar 10% of total vehicles. It should be noted that in the surrounding prefectures, 58,000 vehicles were recalled on the ring road of Montauban (A20) and 53,216 on that ofAlbi (RN88). These are the two most popular sectors for motorists and road hauliers.
Peripheral: as saturated in the west as in the north
The Toulouse Métropole observatory also disseminates attendance figures for the peripheral. Long from 35 kilometersthe Toulouse ring, which has 22 interchanges, has been completely upgraded to 2×3 lanes since this study.
According to these figures prior to the Covid epidemic, traffic was globally balanced around the Pink City. The most traveled portion was between Purpan and La Cepiere (144,191 vehicles per day). Further south, there were 136,430 between La Faourette and the branch to the A64.
But the Party north Toulouse is just as popular with motorists: 137,400 vehicles on the meter between The Izards and Bordeauxand 133,900 between Bordeaux and Sea bream cross.
East is between The Rose Garden and the ramp to the A68 that the most vehicles were counted (125,900). Namely that there were around 104,000, with 4.7% heavyweight, between outings Space City and Montaudran… where the famous East Junction is to be built.
More than 100,000 vehicles per day on almost the entire ring road
Overall, there are more than 100,000 vehicles per day on almost all the counting stations around the ring road, with two exceptions, on the southern portion: 90,424 between Rangueil and Empalotand 95,743 between The Palace and Lespinet.
Outside the ring road, to the far east of the A624in the direction of the RN124, 70,967 vehicles “only” were inventoried.
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