Notícias (GB)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the unemployment rate fell to 4.5%, the lowest in the country (Read more...)
In the 4th quarter of 2025, the number of bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery cases filed in the first-instance courts of the Madeira District increased both on a quarterly and year-on-year basis (Read more...)
In April 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing and Services increased, whilst in Construction and Public Works and in Trade there was a decrease (Read more...)
DREM shares data to mark Mother's Day 2026 (Read more...)
In March 2026, the overnight stays in tourist accommodation in the Region grew 3.8% year-on-year, surpassing the one million mark for the first time this month of the year (Read more...)
In March 2026, precipitation was above the climatological normal, whilst temperature was below (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the balance between the number of company incorporations and dissolutions decreased compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the weighted annual average daily traffic on the Via Rápida increased by 2.7% compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In March 2026, passenger movement at the Autonomous Region of Madeira airports recorded a year-on-year growth of 2.3% (Read more...)
In March 2026, the median value of bank appraisals for housing in the Autonomous Region of Madeira rose to 2 500 euros per square meter (Read more...)
Notícias (GB)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the unemployment rate fell to 4.5%, the lowest in the country (Read more...)
In the 4th quarter of 2025, the number of bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery cases filed in the first-instance courts of the Madeira District increased both on a quarterly and year-on-year basis (Read more...)
In April 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing and Services increased, whilst in Construction and Public Works and in Trade there was a decrease (Read more...)
DREM shares data to mark Mother's Day 2026 (Read more...)
In March 2026, the overnight stays in tourist accommodation in the Region grew 3.8% year-on-year, surpassing the one million mark for the first time this month of the year (Read more...)
In March 2026, precipitation was above the climatological normal, whilst temperature was below (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the balance between the number of company incorporations and dissolutions decreased compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the weighted annual average daily traffic on the Via Rápida increased by 2.7% compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In March 2026, passenger movement at the Autonomous Region of Madeira airports recorded a year-on-year growth of 2.3% (Read more...)
In March 2026, the median value of bank appraisals for housing in the Autonomous Region of Madeira rose to 2 500 euros per square meter (Read more...)
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In the first nine months of 2024
Weighted average daily traffic on Via Rápida increased by 4.9% when compared to the previous year
According to information provided by the Regional Directorate of Roads (DRE), from January to September 2024, the road traffic count increased by 5.2% on Via Rápida and 8.6% on Vias Expresso, year-on-year. On the roads under concession, light vehicle traffic increased on both (+5.3% on the Via Rápida; +8.8% on the Vias Expresso), while in heavy vehicle traffic, the change was negative on the Via Rápida (-0.8%) and the Vias Expresso (-0.5%).
Narrowing the scope of analysis to the 3rd quarter of 2024, the year-on-year changes in road traffic counts were +5.2% on the Via Rápida and +7.7% on the Vias Expresso.
In the first nine months of 2024, the weighted average daily traffic was nearly 37.7 thousand vehicles on the Via Rápida and 7.5 thousand vehicles on the Vias Expresso, representing increases of 4.9% and 8.8%. As the counts, it was the growth in light vehicle traffic (+5.1% on the Via Rápida; +8.9% on the Vias Expresso) that determined the overall change, as the small proportion of heavy vehicle traffic (respectively, 2.2% and 1.9% of the total) had little impact on the overall indicator (-0.6% on the Via Rápida; +2.1% on the Vias Expresso).
It should be noted that in the 3rd quarter of 2024, the weighted average daily traffic increased by 5.5% on the Via Rápida and 8.0% on the Vias Expresso.

Note: the weighted average daily traffic corresponds to the number of vehicles, which, on average, travel every day along the length of each road.
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