Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 18th Question: How does Spring Festival travel rush drive in an orderly way? Listen to the traffic police.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Ren Qinqin, Lu Chang and Sun Liangquan
The scale of cross-regional personnel mobility has obviously increased, with the increase of self-driving passenger trips, the increase of trunk road traffic, and the substantial increase of returning home from work, traveling, visiting relatives and friends … … How can Spring Festival travel rush’s self-driving trips be staggered in an orderly way in 2023? The reporter interviewed the traffic control department and the front-line traffic police to help you.
The traffic control departments of many places interviewed by the reporter predict that the road traffic trip in Spring Festival travel rush will show the characteristics of staged high-level operation, short-term concentration before and after the festival, and tidal spatial and temporal distribution.
Specifically, before the Spring Festival, the national high-speed travel was relatively scattered. Three days before the start of the holiday, from January 18 to 20, the passenger flow returning home before the holiday was concentrated. Affected by people’s purchasing of new year’s goods, leisure shopping, short-distance visits to relatives and friends, etc., traffic flow concentration and vehicle queues are prone to occur around local goods markets, bustling business districts and passenger stations.
Three days after the Spring Festival holiday, from January 25th to 27th, it is estimated that the first wave of returning to the city will be ushered in, with the peak on the 27th and the congestion period from 14: 00 to 19: 00. At that time, the traffic pressure around the expressway and urban expressway and the passenger station will increase. There will be a small return peak on February 6 after the Lantern Festival.
On January 7th, Beijing traffic police carried out Spring Festival travel rush security work around Dujiakan toll station of Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway. Photo courtesy of respondents
Hai Wang, a traffic policeman from Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, said that during the Spring Festival holiday, the toll of passenger cars was reduced on expressways. It is expected that citizens going to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other provinces will also choose to travel by road. The Beijing-Tibet Expressway, Jingcheng Expressway, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, Daguang Expressway and Jingha Expressway are prone to short-term traffic and slow driving, and the traffic flow is large from January 24 to 26.
"In 2023, the scale of personnel mobility in Spring Festival travel rush will show a rapid recovery trend, especially in domestic tourist cities, and there will be a peak of people and vehicles." Lin Bingcong, member of the Party Committee of the Traffic Police Detachment of Xiamen Public Security Bureau and a first-class senior police sergeant, analyzed that Xiamen once again became a popular tourist destination in China during the New Year’s Day this year. During the Spring Festival travel rush period, especially during the Spring Festival holiday, Xiamen will continue the trend of high tourists. It is expected that the road traffic around the scenic spot will peak between January 22 and 27; It was not until after the Lantern Festival that it began to return to normal.
During Spring Festival travel rush, Xiamen traffic police were on duty. Photo courtesy of respondents
Zhang Yongjie, squadron leader of Xiadi Squadron of Traffic Police Brigade of Jishan County Public Security Bureau, said that the rallies and temple fairs during the Lantern Festival have increased the pressure on urban areas and rural roads in major counties and townships. One week before the end of Spring Festival travel rush, colleges and universities started classes one after another, and the traffic flow of students returning to school and going out to work was superimposed, and the traffic flow of urban expressway sections, urban areas, county and city passenger stations and surrounding roads increased.
What should I pay attention to when traveling by car? Lin Bingcong believes that before traveling, it is necessary to obtain the epidemic situation of the destination, the weather conditions and traffic flow at the passing place in time, and pay attention to the distribution of expressway service areas along the way, the setting of charging piles, meteorological and road conditions information; Conduct a comprehensive inspection of the vehicle to ensure that the vehicle chassis, tires, braking system, lights and other key components are in good condition, tripods, flash sticks, fire extinguishers and other safety facilities are complete, and refuse to take the vehicle "sick" on the road; It is necessary to face up to the fact that driving skills have been unfamiliar since the epidemic, do a good job of physical and psychological recovery before going out, and advocate suspending travel before eliminating the risk of infection or when symptoms such as fever appear.
On January 14, Shanxi traffic police were dealing with snow on the road. Photo courtesy of respondents
Zhang Yongjie reminded that the number of minibuses, road passenger transport and tourist passenger transport in Spring Festival travel rush increased this year, and the phenomenon of mixed passenger and freight traffic was prominent. Some drivers turned from long-term low-load operation to normal state, which increased the risk of traffic accidents because of their inadaptability to vehicles and roads, so they needed to pay special attention to driving safety.
In response to the actual travel needs of the masses, local traffic control departments will rely on media such as traffic radio, television, Internet, Weibo, WeChat, etc. to timely announce traffic flow prediction and diversion and bypass plans, so as to ensure safe and smooth roads during Spring Festival travel rush and create a safe, smooth and harmonious travel environment for the masses to celebrate the Spring Festival.