Traffic flow on the Coastal Road has regularised after the joyrides in the first week of its opening. These days, the maximum flow of traffic is seen during morning rush hours. The average number of vehicles plying per day, from Worli to Nariman Point has been around 20,000. The road was partially open for traffic from March 12. The first-week rush for joyrides on the newly commissioned route seems to have reduced this week with the number of vehicles taking the route being constant, around 20,000-21,000.

The number of motorists using the partially open Coastal Road grew from 16,331 on March 12—the day vehicles were allowed on the route for the first time—to 22,880 on March 15, indicating a 40 per cent increase. The highest traffic count on all these days was seen between 3 pm and 4 pm and not during the morning peak hours when overall southbound movement in the city is at its peak.