China's Nine Day Traffic Jam

[DetroitDad]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823...inaroadtraffic

BEIJING [[AFP) – Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre [[62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.

The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to the capital, and compounded by road maintenance work that began five days later, the Global Times said.

[ghettopalmetto]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823...inaroadtraffic

Terrific. Now the Chinese have developed the ability to copy Atlanta.

[d.mcc]

Terrific. Now the Chinese have developed the ability to copy Atlanta.

Reverse-engineering...

Clever bastards

[Jimaz]

It may go on another 3 weeks!

Many of the trucks that carry fruit and vegetables are unrefrigerated, and the cargoes are assumed to be rotting....

No portable toilets were set up along the highway ...

[Zacha341]

Yikes! And I thought the W. I-94 and the Lodge interchange by WSU was bad around 4:15 PM ... ...

It may go on another 3 weeks!