China's nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km

[KevinD]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc_afp/chinaroadtraffic

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.

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[JTH]

Wow and I thought I had is bad this week when school started up again!

 

[KevinD]

China's epic traffic jam 'vanished'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100825/od_afp/chinaroadtrafficoffbeat

XINGHE COUNTY, China (AFP) – Can a monster traffic jam spanning dozens of miles and leaving drivers stuck for days really disappear overnight?

For days, Chinese and foreign media have issued reports explaining how thousands of vehicles were trapped in an epic traffic jam stretching for more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) on a highway leading to China's capital Beijing.

The bottleneck on the Beijing-Tibet expressway, which began on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks and was compounded by road maintenance works... seems to have vanished.