Traffic in the city is not idle either. There are still long queues on the G1503 and G40 heading out of Shanghai, the first day of the long holiday.
On the first day of the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, citizens have strong demand for visiting relatives and traveling, and the traffic pressure at many border crossings leaving Shanghai has doubled. In the direction of G1503 Gaodong Toll Station and G40 Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge Chongming, due to the superposition of traffic for home reunions and northbound tourism, vehicles have been queuing and slowing down since 8 a.m., and the traffic flow is still at a high level.
Traffic volume at the G1503 Gaodong toll gate toward Chongming continues to be high
In order to avoid the travel peak on the first day of the holiday, many citizens chose to travel early. Unexpectedly, the road conditions were not ideal. "Three of our friends made an appointment to drive to Weihai and Yantai for a few days. We all took a day off and traveled during off-peak hours." During this holiday, Mr. Wang, a citizen, chose to travel by car. Based on his past travel experience, they started from the city early yesterday morning. Set off.
"The road was a bit congested yesterday, but compared to last year's National Day, when the G40 Shanghai section was jammed for six or seven hours, it was much better." Mr. Wang told reporters that he departed from Putuo at about 12 o'clock yesterday, and there is still a short distance from the G1503 Gaodong toll gate. The queue started around 3 kilometers away, and I waited for nearly two hours at the toll station.
In fact, starting from 10 o'clock yesterday, Shanghai gradually ushered in the peak traffic flow out of the city. Vehicles slowed down to varying degrees at the G40 Gaodong Toll Station, G15 Xinliu River Bridge and other places. Many citizens have the same idea as Mr. Wang and travel early the day before the festival, but there are people who think like this on the road. Some netizens joked, "Smart people all take a day off in advance, but it turns out they are all smart people."
The off-peak travel has indeed reduced the traffic pressure on the first day of the long holiday. As of 12 o'clock today, except for the G40 Yangtze River Tunnel in the Jiangsu direction, behind the G1503 Gaodong entrance, and behind the G1503 outer circle Shanghai-Chongsu interchange, the traffic flow in other channels leaving Shanghai is relatively stable.
Compared with the traffic flow out of the city, the traffic flow into Shanghai today is lower. Shanghai police predict that the peak number of self-driving tourists in Shanghai will occur tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Relatively speaking, traffic flow on the city's elevated roads was at a low level this morning. However, after noon, some road sections such as the North-South Elevated Highway and the Inner Ring Road experienced varying degrees of slowdown congestion. Traffic volume on the road network around shopping malls, tourist attractions, and urban landmarks in the central area has increased.
