Think traffic is bad where you live?

Kaybek · Aug 23, 2010

I'm glad I don't live here:

9 Day Traffic Jam in China

China's nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km

(AFP) â€“ 6 hours ago

BEIJING â€” Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.

The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to the capital, and compounded by road maintenance work that began five days later, the Global Times said.

The state-run newspaper said the jam between Beijing and Jining city had given birth to a mini-economy with local merchants capitalising on the stranded drivers' predicament by selling them water and food at inflated prices.

That stretch of highway linking Beijing with the northern province of Hebei and the Inner Mongolia region has become increasingly prone to massive jams as the capital of more than 20 million people sucks in huge shipments of goods.

Traffic slowed to a snail's pace in June and July for nearly a month, according to earlier press reports.

The latest clog has been worsened by the road improvement project, made necessary by highway damage caused by a steady increase in cargo traffic, the Global Times said.

China has embarked in recent years on a huge expansion of its national road system but soaring traffic periodically overwhelms the grid.

The congestion was expected to last into mid-September as the road project will not be finished until then, the newspaper said.

The roadway is a major artery for the supply of produce, coal and other goods to Beijing.
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GunGraver · Aug 23, 2010

I guess they will just sleep eat and live at work now. Might as well with traffic like that.

SamHamwich · Aug 23, 2010

Is the jam just lasting 9 days, or did it take seriously 9 days to drive the 100km? lol id walk ffs!

Roch The Shaman · Aug 23, 2010

lol at people selling food and drink, wonder if anyone was out there with a porta potty lol

GunGraver · Aug 23, 2010

The area is going to be jammed till the construction is complete which is in a month or so. Meaning people will pass. Just very fucking slow.

Drakein · Aug 24, 2010

Ouch, Well i would not be that surprised with how populated China is. But i have to say Philippines has it really bad too.. Some people from other countries say it is even worst than new york when it comes too how bad people drive here.

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