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.
17. Rubber ridges to keep cars out
A French tourist drives over the rubber ridges placed in Edinburgh's High Street to stop traffic coming into the pedestrianised area in August 1990. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele
18. View from the bridge
Traffic flowing onto the Forth road bridge from the Fife end at North Queensferry in Augsut 1992. The toll booth plaza can be seen near the top of the picture. | TSPL Photo: Colin McPherson
19. George Street traffic
Traffic in Edinburgh's George Street, April 1993 | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
20. Queensferry Road during rail strike
Traffic jams on Queensferry Road in Edinburgh, during a 24-hour rail strike by the RMT union in April 1993. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood