edinburgh's economy had been growing over the last few decades, with 34,800 more jobs predicted to be generated in the city between 2006 and 2015. this has helped to drive the local growth of car use in edinburgh, with daily commuting trips identified as having increased by 72% between 1981 and 2001. in 2000 more vehicle registrations occurred in edinburgh than anywhere else in scotland. congestion in the city was predicted to rise a further 25% between 2006 and 2026.