Beijing's 62-Mile, Nine-Day Traffic Jam!

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You may not have heard about it during your local traffic report this weekend, but anyone negotiating the Beijing-Tibet expressway in recent days is painfully aware of the problem: a 62-mile jam that slowed traffic to a crawl between the Chinese capital and Jining city. But while such huge traffic jams aren't unheard of, China’s traffic woes are unique in their duration – the current traffic snarl (it’s still ongoing) has been unfolding since August 14, making for nine days of gridlock.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-08/62-mile-nine-day-traffic-jam-spells-disaster-communter-promise-chinas-auto-industry

less babies -> less drivers licenses -> less traffic.

Solution:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1300512/3D-Express-Coach-Chinese-bus-lets-cars-drive-underneath.html

  On 8/24/2010 at 5:10 PM, Gary C said:

Solution:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1300512/3D-Express-Coach-Chinese-bus-lets-cars-drive-underneath.html

they are ugly as hell, but definitely functional.

so i hope they introduce this and put an end to those massive traffic jams.

I was just about to ask about this -- do the people have to stay in their cars for a week? What do they eat? Where do they shit? If not, where do they go, and how do they know when & how to get back to their cars? I would probably have killed at least two people by now.

  On 8/24/2010 at 5:33 PM, encey said:

I was just about to ask about this -- do the people have to stay in their cars for a week? What do they eat? Where do they shit? If not, where do they go, and how do they know when & how to get back to their cars? I would probably have killed at least two people by now.

it's china... they simple stay there waiting and there is no exception.

Teleporters would solve this problem.

  On 8/24/2010 at 5:33 PM, encey said:

I was just about to ask about this -- do the people have to stay in their cars for a week? What do they eat? Where do they shit? If not, where do they go, and how do they know when & how to get back to their cars? I would probably have killed at least two people by now.

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When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,

When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on

Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Nine day traffic jam, Solution I could think of is building a new motorway next to the old one and make the old one the worlds longest car park.

If I was stuck in my car for nine days, I'd probably go postal

Rocket skates

i wonder if you get communities of people stuck in traffic together for long stretches, fellows who would go run out and get food while their new friends move their cars for them. Grillin squid on the radiator and playing cards with that charming family from the compact sedan 2 miles down. Yep, hiiigh livin.

i would imagine it more like a mass grave.

soooo fucking glad i brought my game boy color

  On 8/25/2010 at 5:49 AM, 24ourange said:

i wonder if you get communities of people stuck in traffic together for long stretches, fellows who would go run out and get food while their new friends move their cars for them. Grillin squid on the radiator and playing cards with that charming family from the compact sedan 2 miles down. Yep, hiiigh livin.

hhahahaha that's how I imagine it

I was just stuck in a 4 hour traffic jam coming back from Pudong Airport to downtown Shanghai, in the baking heat. I almost went postal. The cars were practically motionless for 20 minute stretches, as in I could actually get out, walk 20 yards ahead, and wait 20 min for my taxi to catch up.

One of the problems is they have no traffic helicopters here, so you have no idea what you're getting into. Also most of the highways have too few lanes.

this reminds me of a great short story by julio cortazar, the Southern Thruway, can't find it online in english but you should definitely read it.

  On 8/25/2010 at 6:22 AM, lumpenprol said:

I was just stuck in a 4 hour traffic jam coming back from Pudong Airport to downtown Shanghai, in the baking heat. I almost went postal. The cars were practically motionless for 20 minute stretches, as in I could actually get out, walk 20 yards ahead, and wait 20 min for my taxi to catch up.

 

One of the problems is they have no traffic helicopters here, so you have no idea what you're getting into. Also most of the highways have too few lanes.

that sucks goat balls!

also, your signature is longer than your post.

I have never been to Beijing.

However in Zhuhai the taxi drivers seem to only know 2 settings: 100% fucking throttle or slam on the breaks. The cars you call are fine, but those little green toyotas driving around are terrifying.

  On 8/24/2010 at 3:55 PM, ruiagnelo said:

less babies -> less drivers licenses -> less traffic.

Babies can't drive dummy.

  On 8/26/2010 at 1:23 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

  On 8/24/2010 at 3:55 PM, ruiagnelo said:

less babies -> less drivers licenses -> less traffic.

 

Babies can't drive dummy.

oh you are so missing the point