Traffic on May 1st Expressway continues to rise

During the "May 1st" holiday period this year, the traffic volume of China's expressways and major provincial highways and highways in large and medium-sized cities continued to rise compared with the same period of last year's "May 1" holiday; the free passage on holidays, small holiday road networks, and travel The information release and service guarantee work remained normal; the nationwide road network operation was generally smooth and orderly.

May 3 was the last day of the May 1 holiday, visitors to explore and travel to return, and the Beijing-Shenyang high-speed welcome the return peak. China Xinxin reporter Jin Shuoshe

The Ministry of Transport disclosed on the 3rd that the traffic volume of the 10 expressways such as the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed highway monitored by the Ministry of Communications increased by 2.82% compared with the same period of last year. The traffic volume in and out of 10 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou in major cities was 14.6963 million, which was 8.55% higher than the same period of last year.

During the “May 1st” holiday period, due to the increase in the number of public trips, and the relatively concentrated travel time and destination, there are more traffic jams in highway entrances and exits, some tourist attractions, and suburban roads in some large and medium-sized cities. Beijing, Shanghai, The traffic volume of highways and highways on major highways and national highways in large and medium-sized cities such as Guangzhou, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Nanjing has increased significantly. Some sections of highways such as the Beijing section of the Beijing-Kazakhstan Expressway and the Jiangsu section of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed expressway have a long duration of congestion.

On the 3rd, the high-speed return peak of the expressway arrived. Even the Changchun Expressway, which is usually sparsely transported, joined the “blocking” bureau on the same day. The high-speed traffic police detachment in Hangzhou said that high-speed traffic entering the city around Hangzhou was in a traffic jam. The high-speed traffic police said that there was an accident in the 893 tunnel from Hangzhou Changchang high speed to the direction of the rear, and the rear lined up the vehicle for 3 kilometers.