Feeling like there's less traffic out on the road? You're correct.

As many people in Greater Cincinnati have been social distancing or under stay-at-home orders due to novel coronavirus, traffic has dropped according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

In southwestern Ohio, traffic is down as much as nearly 30 percent.

According to the latest results, reported on March 20, traffic counts in Southwest Ohio are down 16% on Monday, 24% on Tuesday and 29% on Wednesday from the week prior.

According to ODOT's traffic monitoring system, the average annual daily traffic in 2019 going both north and southbound are:

I-75 near Bank Street: 157,973 vehicles

I-71, just north of MLK : 124,918

1-74, east of Montana Ave.: 70,952

I-275 between Chesterdale Road and Princeton Pike: 132,200



The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet does not keep similar traffic count records.

It's not just Cincinnati.

Congestion is easing in places like New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco, according to traffic figures provided exclusively to USA TODAY by HERE Technologies.

“COVID-19 is having a rolling impact on traffic congestion across the U.S., with significant reductions in traffic levels seen across West Coast cities, with East Coast cities starting to see tangible drops as well," said Steve Harding, HERE's director of traffic and connected services.

Yearly traffic counts in Seattle were down by 64 percent and San Francisco was down by 58 percent on March 11, when the coronavirus began to sweep the West Coast.

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