China News Service, Nanjing, April 27th (Reporter Zhu Xiaoying) Jin Ling, deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation and spokesperson, said in Nanjing on the 27th that with the effective control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the public's travel demand is gradually released. The demands for public travel, visiting relatives and friends during the "May Day" holiday are more prominent than ever.
On the 27th, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation held a press conference in Nanjing to announce the public travel services of the transportation department during the "May Day" holiday.
Jin Ling said that during the “May Day” period, the average daily export flow of Jiangsu highway network is expected to reach 3.66 million vehicles / day ~ 3.76 million vehicles / day, which is expected to hit a record high, an increase of about 6% ~ 9% year-on-year; The impact of travel, the highest traffic day is expected to be the day before the festival (April 30), the export traffic is expected to reach 399 ~ 4.1 million vehicles.
The transportation department predicts that during the "May Day" period, the province's highway trucks accounted for 20% higher than in the past, about 12% higher than the same period last year; ordinary national provincial truck traffic accounted for about 21%, lower than the same period last year About 3 percentage points.
Jin Ling said that the province's highways are prone to congestion and slow-moving sections and nodes mainly include: five expressway crossing rivers (Nanjing Baguazhou Bridge is Nanjing Second Bridge, Jiangyin Bridge, Sutong Bridge, Taizhou Bridge, Runyang Bridge), six Horizontal channels and eight longitudinal channels. There are 7 main arterial roads in the province that are prone to slow traffic. There are 9 highways in the whole province, and 17 road nodes in ordinary national highways are under construction.
Chen Yufeng, head of the Traffic Police Corps of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department, said that last year's "May 1" small holiday lasted 4 days. The road traffic safety situation in the province was generally stable, but the data showed that road traffic accidents showed three characteristics: frequent return accidents, the third holiday The number of accidents per day accounts for 37.2% of the total; the number of accidents in rural areas is high, and the number of accidents accounts for 51% of the holidays; the number of accidents in small passenger cars is frequent, and the number of accidents accounts for 44% of the holidays. .
Chen Yufeng said that during the May Day of this year, the road traffic safety situation will still face the possible risks of concentrated travel at night, concentrated travel of relatives and friends, changes in the driving environment, concentrated transportation of trucks, and queued overflow of vehicles in the service area.
Chen Yufeng issued a safety reminder: the epidemic prevention and control work has not been completed, low risk does not mean zero risk, minimize unnecessary traffic travel; people who do have travel needs should plan travel routes in advance, understand the destination epidemic prevention and control policy, and travel at the wrong peak ; Strictly abide by road traffic safety laws and regulations, travel safely, and enhance risk awareness. (Finish)