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Beijing-Tibet highway jam enters its 9th day, spans 100km
- petercooper 16y agoI know China's been trying to bring Tibet into the fold over the years, but calling just outside of Beijing "Tibet" is a bit of a stretch ;-)
- petercooper 16y agoThe headline has been changed since I posted. It said the jam was in Tibet when it clearly is not. It's a shame there's no way to notice ninja edits on HN (like the "*" on Reddit) that put later responses out of context.
- ww520 16y agoThe traffic jam occurs near the Beijing end on the Beijing-Tibet highway. I'm sure the Tibet end is fairly clear since they are couple thousands of miles apart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Highway_109 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Highway_109). It's like the traffic jam near NYC on the SF-NYC highway (if there's one) having no impact on SF.
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- est 16y agoThis one jammed for months: (Chinese text with video) http://news.qq.com/a/20100605/001157.htm http://news.qq.com/a/20100605/001157.htm
- johnwatson11218 16y agoon the slashdot comments they were saying that the jam has lasted 9 days but it doesn't take that long to get through it. Rather there has been enough new traffic to sustain the event for 9 days.
- ams6110 16y agoExpressway?? the photo in that piece shows a one lane road with pedestrians walking along the sides.
- mrtron 16y agoThat is an expressway in China. Cars/carts/people can enter at any point on most expressways, so the average speed is poor at best and stop and go during busy times of the day.
- c1sc0 16y agoThat's a great expressway. I remember being on mountain roads in China that were outright dangerous only 5 years ago. When I went back last fall, I was amazed at how much speed we could make on those freshly asphalted roads. China has progressed a lot wrt. infrastructure in just a few years.