Little traffic congestion on first evening of Lunar New Year holiday

Traffic is improving with little congestion on the first evening of the Lunar New Year holiday.
As of 5PM, it is estimated to take four hours and thirty minutes from Seoul to Busan three hours and twenty minutes to Gwangju, and two hours and forty minutes to Gangneung.
More than 3.7 million cars are expected to be out on the roads, with 410-thousand traveling from the capital area to other provinces and 320-thousand heading into the greater Seoul area.