Traffic deaths fall to lowest number since 1950
Washington — The Obama administration is expected to announce today that traffic deaths fell to under 34,000 in 2009, the lowest number since 1950.
Beijing Straddles Traffic Jams With Straddle Bus
The number of cars in Beijing is expected to double by 2015, the Beijing Transportation Research Center told Global Times. By the end of 2009, Beijing had 4 million cars.
A taxi driver said it more succinctly: “We’re making another Great Wall, it’s just that this one is a wall of cars.” Relief could come from [...]
60-Mile Traffic Jam in China Shows Downside of Mobility
By Chris Haak
How was your drive into work today? If you’re a typical American commuter, you may have spent a little time in traffic, and you might spend a little more time in traffic on your way home this evening. I know that I certainly do most days, and it seems to be getting worse as more cars hit the roads and available road infrastructure fails to keep pace with the growth in number of vehicles.
Well, after reading in the Wall Street Journal about a 61-mile traffic jam in China, I promise…
60-Mile Traffic Jam in China Shows Downside of Mobility
By Chris Haak
How was your drive into work today? If you’re a typical American commuter, you may have spent a little time in traffic, and you might spend a little more time in traffic on your way home this evening. I know that I certainly do most days, and it seems to be getting worse as more cars hit the roads and available road infrastructure fails to keep pace with the growth in number of vehicles.
Well, after reading in the Wall Street Journal about a 61-mile traffic jam in China, I promise…
Hard to Believe: Traffic Jam in China Enters Tenth Day
Think your commute is bad? Consider what’s happening in Northern China to drivers stuck in a 60-mile traffic jam with speeds as slow as half a mile per day.Yes, that’s right, a half a mile per day.Now at the 10-day mark, things are moving a bit better now but are still bad enough that some drivers have been stuck on the road for five days.Take a normally clogged thoroughfare, add highway construction in Beijing, and you get a traffic jam that could last for weeks. The Beijing construction is not schedule…
Ten days and counting, China traffic jam extends 60 miles:
Tuesday marks the 10th day of a traffic jam extending more than 60 miles on China’s Beijing-Tibet Expressway.
Ten days and counting, China traffic jam extends 60 miles:
Tuesday marks the 10th day of a traffic jam extending more than 60 miles on China’s Beijing-Tibet Expressway.
Ten days and counting, China traffic jam extends 60 miles:
Tuesday marks the 10th day of a traffic jam extending more than 60 miles on China’s Beijing-Tibet Expressway.
Ten days and counting, China traffic jam extends 60 miles:
Tuesday marks the 10th day of a traffic jam extending more than 60 miles on China’s Beijing-Tibet Expressway.