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Isn't Shanghai the city where there are food delivery services to traffic jams because they take so long? Or is that some myth that I'm spreading?
by corodra 7y ago
Isn't Shanghai the city where there are food delivery services to traffic jams because they take so long? Or is that some myth that I'm spreading?
- Gene_Parmesan 7y agoMy Chinese coworker has told me that this usually only occurs during the massive traffic jams around the spring festival. He said that many Chinese people who live in cities own cars but almost never drive them -- they wanted the car more for status than anything. So when spring festival comes around and the whole country is traveling, many families see it as their chance to finally actually use the car. Additionally, apparently the major highways -- their version of interstates -- are toll roads, but are made free during that week. So both of these factors, combined simply with the massive volume, is what leads to these apocalyptic traffic jams we've all seen pictures of.
- mrep 7y agoThis story is terrifying "The China National Highway 110 traffic jam was a recurring massive traffic jam that began to form on August 13, 2010, mostly on China National Highway 110 (G110) and Beijing–Tibet expressway (G6), in Hebei and Inner Mongolia. The traffic jam slowed down thousands of vehicles for more than 100 kilometres (60 mi) and lasted for two weeks. Many drivers were able to move their vehicles only 1 km (0.6 mi) per day, and some drivers reported being stuck in the traffic jam for five days. It is considered to be one of the longest traffic jams by some media." [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Highway_110_traffic_jam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Highway_110_tra...