Is the A1 motorway restrictively busy in the morning during the week between Hitchin and Edgware/London ?

Answer 1

The A1 is only a motorway in certain parts....

Some sections of the A1 have been upgraded to motorway standard. These are known as the A1(M). These include:

A stretch between the M25 at South Mimms to just north of Baldock;
The four lane Peterborough section from the Alconbury junction near Huntingdon to Orton Southgate near Peterborough; this stretch starts just north of the A14 junction proper and receives traffic from the A14 eastbound from the M6 and westbound from the A14 spur and M11.
The Doncaster bypass, which intersects the M18 (this was the first section of motorway on the A1 and one of the earliest sections of motorway built in the United Kingdom);
The new Hook Moor section, from Darrington, intersects with the M62 adjacent to Ferrybridge power station and is joined by the end of the M1 at Aberford.
A relatively new section which now runs from Wetherby to Dishforth, past Harrogate, Ripon and Boroughbridge. The southern stretch to the River Wharfe bridge opened in August 2005. This is separated from the existing Hook Moor section by only around 6.5 miles of dual carriageway. It is planned that this will be upgraded to three lanes by 2010, meaning that three lane motorway will run from Darrington to Dishforth.
The final stretch from Scotch Corner in North Yorkshire to Washington in Tyne and Wear through County Durham.

BUT regardless of whether it's the motorway sections or not, the A1 is nearly always a very busy road...

Answer 2

Yes, to the extent that we used the train and underground for all meetings in London. Traffic round London, and I mean for fifty miles or more, is a disaster in the mornings.

Answer 3

i think its busy all the time lol