Light vehicle movements were also expected to worsen, increasing from about 250 a day to about 3200 by April 2021.

Rather than fight her way through the traffic, Ms Aubrey rides on the footpath, which is illegal in NSW.

“Roads aren’t safe to ride on, you do feel trapped,” she said. “My life is more important than a fine.” Most days she preferred to drive to work as “sitting in my car in a traffic jam is the safest option".

Those concerns are echoed by Lilyfield resident Kobi Shetty who said the large increase in traffic had made her “extra cautious and really paranoid” and it has resulted in fewer outings with her children in their cargo bike.

“It’s not a risk I am willing to take with kids on board,” she said. “Being a pedestrian or on a bike, one wrong move down a residential street and you could end up in a tangle with a big truck.”