During this year's "May Day" holiday, the public has a strong willingness to travel activities such as spring outings and outings, coupled with the continued implementation of the free passage policy for small passenger cars on the expressway, the demand for mass tourism to visit relatives has been accelerated, and the traffic pressure on expressways and trunk lines has increased significantly compared with last year. On the first day of the May Day holiday, the peak of travel on Beijing's expressways starts at 8 a.m. and will last until 2 p.m.
The main station area of the Jingcheng toll station / photographed by reporters
At more than 7 o'clock in the morning, the traffic flow between the fourth ring and the fifth ring road in the direction of Beijing from the Jingcheng toll station was dense, and the vehicles entering the toll station area to the north passed through the toll station smoothly. Individual vehicles were temporarily parked in the station area and were persuaded to leave by the iron cavalry traffic police. A car owner drove to Inner Mongolia, and he said that it was a bit congested when he drove from Haidian, and it took about 20 minutes.
Li Weiping, deputy captain of the Asian Games Village Brigade of the Chaoyang Traffic Detachment of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, said that on the first day of the "May Day" holiday, the traffic volume of the Beijing-Chengcheng Expressway gradually increased from 7 o'clock in the morning.
"From Wanghe Bridge, that is, between the fourth and fifth ring roads, the number of vehicles began to increase. Mainly to Miyun, Huairou, and Shunyi New National Exhibition of more cars. Li VIP said that according to the characteristics of the traffic flow during this year's "May Day" holiday, the brigade launched a high-level duty program, and all the police officers were on duty. In the north and south of the main line station, to the north of Huanggang, Houshayu and other places that are prone to congestion, special police forces have been arranged, and 4 iron riders have also been specially arranged to deal with traffic accidents quickly.
Zhang Guangyao, deputy captain of the second brigade of the first group road production branch, said that more than 140 patrol vehicles were dispatched every day during the holiday, and the traffic management department strengthened joint logistics linkage, and dealt with the hidden dangers related to road spills and facility damage in a timely manner.
The Jingcheng Expressway exits Beijing and enters the toll station area before the car is slow/photographed by reporters
From the perspective of the whole city, from 6 o'clock in the morning, the flow of the expressways around Beijing in the direction of Beijing rose, at 6:30, some roads in the mountainous areas of the Jingli Expressway began to appear in the vehicle queue situation, after 8 o'clock, the traffic pressure of the Beijing-Tibet Expressway, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, and some sections of the Beijing-Chengcheng Expressway increased rapidly. The outbound rush is expected to last until 2 p.m.
Yang Qi, chief of the order section of the highway detachment of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, said that during the "May Day" holiday, it is expected that in three stages, the traffic pressure on the four expressways of Beijing-Chengzhou, Beijing-Tibet, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, and Beijing-Kaizhou will be greater. "The concentrated stage of the flow out of Beijing on May 1, the concentrated stage of the flow out of the city on May 2 and 3, and the flow stage of returning to Beijing and returning on May 4 and 5, of which 9:00~12:00 in the morning and 16:00~19:00 in the afternoon are the key traffic stages. ”
Yang Qi said that the traffic management department will focus on the section from the Fourth Ring Road to Suzaoling Bridge on the Beijing-Chengcheng Expressway out of Beijing, the section of Juyongguan, Shuiguan and Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area in the direction of Beijing-Tibet Expressway, near the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, near the Yancun exit, as well as the Xihongmen section of the Beijing-Kaifeng Expressway and the Shuangyuanqiao Bridge area.
The traffic police advised the vehicles parked in the toll station area/reporters to shoot
During the "May Day" holiday, all toll roads in Beijing are exempt from tolls for passenger vehicles with less than 7 seats (including 7 seats). Xia Chunhai, director of the Beijing Toll Office of Capital Group, said that the free period is from 0:00 on May 1, 2024 to 24:00 on May 5, 2024. The first group will set up a free lane for small passenger cars in the station area to improve the traffic efficiency of the station area.
In addition, the toll station will ensure that the opening rate reaches 100% during peak traffic hours, strengthen emergency duty, and take timely measures in case of peak traffic flow. At the same time, we will increase the patrol and inspection of monitoring, and release road condition reminder information through the road variable information board to guide the public to choose a reasonable travel route.
Traffic police in the vicinity of the main station area of the Jingcheng toll station to ensure traffic order/reporter shooting
In view of the tidal traffic characteristics of leaving Beijing in the morning and returning to Beijing in the afternoon during the "May Day" period, the Beijing traffic management department has further strengthened patrols and inspections in key sections of expressways and toll station areas.
Liu Chang, an iron cavalry policeman of the Asian Games Village Brigade of the Chaoyang Traffic Detachment, reminded the majority of traffic participants to pay attention to concentration when driving at high speed, maintain a safe distance, do not drive fatigue, do not add congestion at will, and do not take the emergency lane. When driving on mountain roads, especially when turning and making sharp bends, you should not merge at will.
Reporter Ren Xuejiao, Editor-in-Chief: Zhao Mingcong, Editor-in-Chief: Cheng Yan