In February 2024, truck traffic on toll roads in Germany increased by 3.2% compared to the same month last year. This is the first monthly increase in total mileage since June 2023.
At that time, however, BALM recorded a result of only 0.1% higher than the previous year.
German trucks travelled 3.2% more kilometres than last year. As for foreign lorries, Polish trucks with a mileage of 636.5 million km in February increased their mileage by 3.5% year-on-year. Lithuanians recorded a double-digit increase in mileage – with a result of approximately 118.5 million, they improved the results from the previous year by 10.1%.
As for the cumulative result for the first two months of this year – the total mileage amounted to 6.48 billion km, 1.5% more than in the same period of 2023. In January and February, Germany observed a slight but still increase – by 0.9%. Polish carriers, however, improved their results from January and February last year by 2.7% and Lithuanian trucks over 7.5 t travelled 10.1% more km in Germany during this period.