Some of the scenes captured in this selection of pictures from the Evening News Archives are familiar enough - queuing traffic, congestion and busy roads - though some of the streets have changed a bit and so have the cars.
But some of the pictures are a reminder of things which have faded in the memory - like cars on Princes Street, the toll booths at the Forth Road Bridge and rubber ridges to keep traffic out of pedestrianised areas on the Royal Mile.
Scroll through the pictures and get a glimpse of the way things were on the roads in and around Edinburgh back in the 1990s.
9. Pedestrianised Royal Mile
One of the 'pinch points' in a pedestrianised section of the Royal Mile in August 1990. Buses, such as this one used by The Edinburgh Classic Tour, and cycles were allowed to used the road. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
10. Traffic disruption during Commonwealth summit
The city centre of Edinburgh during the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in 1997. Traffic has been disrupted and police had to direct traffic. | TSPL Photo: Tina Norris
11. Busy Morningside Road
Traffic and shoppers in Morningside Road Edinburgh, March 1992. | TSPL Photo: Colin McPherson
12. Snowfall brings A8 jam
Cars, lorries and buses in a traffic jam on the A8 near Gogarburn after a heavy fall of snow made driving difficult in January 1993. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood