Vansterdam
08-24-2010, 10:36 AM
http://autos.sympatico.ca/automotive-news/5607/100-km-chinese-traffic-jam-enters-day-nine
It's a startling example of China's growing traffic problems: A 100-km long traffic jam on a major highway leading into Beijing is now entered its ninth day with no relief in sight.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), thousands of vehicles have been clogging the Beijing-Tibet expressway since August 14. The problem began when semi-truck traffic and road construction spiked at virtually the same time.
State-run newspapers are reporting that the jam has seen a "mini-economy" spring up, where merchants are venturing onto the roadway to sell stuck drivers' water and food at sky-high prices.
Reportedly, this is not the first jam-up along the thoroughfare, with prolonged traffic snarls in June and July lasting nearly a month. Traffic along the stretch has been growing increasingly worse as China's auto sales and consumption of shipped goods continues to sky-rocket.
This latest jam is—ironically—worse that previous tangles, because the road improvements are needed to fix damage caused by the steady increase in traffic.
http://autos.sympatico.ca/automotive-news/5607/100-km-chinese-traffic-jam-enters-day-nine
LOL that would suck soooo bad to be stuck in
It's a startling example of China's growing traffic problems: A 100-km long traffic jam on a major highway leading into Beijing is now entered its ninth day with no relief in sight.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), thousands of vehicles have been clogging the Beijing-Tibet expressway since August 14. The problem began when semi-truck traffic and road construction spiked at virtually the same time.
State-run newspapers are reporting that the jam has seen a "mini-economy" spring up, where merchants are venturing onto the roadway to sell stuck drivers' water and food at sky-high prices.
Reportedly, this is not the first jam-up along the thoroughfare, with prolonged traffic snarls in June and July lasting nearly a month. Traffic along the stretch has been growing increasingly worse as China's auto sales and consumption of shipped goods continues to sky-rocket.
This latest jam is—ironically—worse that previous tangles, because the road improvements are needed to fix damage caused by the steady increase in traffic.
http://autos.sympatico.ca/automotive-news/5607/100-km-chinese-traffic-jam-enters-day-nine
LOL that would suck soooo bad to be stuck in