Between Beijing and Inner Mongolia, only minor traffic slowdowns were reported near toll booths. īy late August 2010, the traffic jam had largely dissipated, reportedly due to the efforts of authorities.
They also asked trucking companies to suspend operations or take alternative routes. Īuthorities tried to speed up traffic by allowing more trucks to enter Beijing, especially at night. Some vendors created mobile stores on bicycles.
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Drivers also complained that the price of instant noodles had more than tripled. A bottle of water normally cost 1 yuan, but on the highway it was sold for 15 yuan. Locals near the highway sold various goods like water, instant noodles, and cigarettes at inflated prices to the stranded drivers. An additional factor is efforts by overloaded trucks which lack proper paperwork for their cargo to avoid a coal quality supervision and inspection station on China National Highway 208. 602 million tons of coal were mined and transported in 2009 production was expected to rise to 730 million tons in 2010. Greatly increased coal production in Inner Mongolia was transported to Beijing along this route because of the lack of railway capacity, which overloaded the highway. Police reported that minor breakdowns and accidents were compounding the problem. The road construction which reduced the road capacity by 50% contributed heavily to the traffic jam and was not due to be completed until mid-September. The cause of the traffic jam was reported to be a spike in traffic by heavy trucks heading to Beijing, along with National Highway 110's maintenance work that began five days later. The traffic volume at the time of the incident was 60% more than the design capacity. Traffic on the China National Highway 110 had grown 40 percent every year in the previous several years, making the highway chronically congested.
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