Beijing-Tibet highway jam enters its 9th day, spans 100km

[cwan]

http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-08/566070.html

[ww520]

The 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). It's like the traffic jam near NYC on the SF-NYC highway (if there's one) having no impact on SF.

[ams6110]

Expressway?? the photo in that piece shows a one lane road with pedestrians walking along the sides.

[mrtron → ams6110]

That 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 → ams6110]

That'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.

[johnwatson11218]

on 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.

[est]

This one jammed for months: (Chinese text with video)

http://news.qq.com/a/20100605/001157.htm

[petercooper]

I 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 → petercooper]

The 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.