The Beijing News Express (Reporter Pei Jianfei) will usher in the Spring Festival holiday in two days. This morning (February 9), the reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission that during the 2021 Spring Festival holiday, all toll roads in Beijing will be exempted. Tolls for small passenger cars are collected, and the free pass is from 0:00 on February 11, 2021 to 24:00 on February 17, 2021.
It is estimated that during the Spring Festival holiday, highway traffic volume is expected to drop by 30% from the previous year.
10 days before the Spring Festival travel, passenger traffic in and out of Beijing was low
Although the Spring Festival holiday is a traditional reunion festival, due to multiple factors such as the prevention and control of the epidemic, the citizens are encouraged to spend the New Year in Beijing, and they are not necessary to leave Beijing. On the 10th before the Spring Festival in 2021, the traffic volume in Beijing has significantly reduced.
According to statistics, from January 28th to February 6th, in terms of intercity traffic, 111,000 passengers boarded and boarded trains on the railway every day, and 50,200 civil aviation inbound and outbound passengers per day, an average decrease of more than 80% compared with 2019. In terms of urban traffic, The daily average passenger volume of ground public transport was 5.036 million, and the average daily passenger volume of rail transit was 6,122,300, a decrease of about 40% compared with the average of 2019; the daily average of highway traffic was 1,442,300, a decrease of 29% compared with 2019.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 2021, all toll roads in Beijing will be exempted from tolls for passenger vehicles with less than 7 seats (including 7 seats). The free toll period is from 0:00 on February 11 to 24:00 on February 17, 2021. , The expressway is subject to the time of the networked toll system when the vehicle leaves the exit toll lane; the ordinary road is subject to the time when the vehicle passes the toll lane of the toll station.
Highway traffic is expected to drop by 30% from the previous year
It is estimated that during the Spring Festival holiday, the average daily traffic volume of expressways will be about 1.2 million vehicles, an increase of about 20% over the same period last year, and a decrease of about 30% compared with the Spring Festival holiday in 2019. The peak daily traffic volume will be around 1.4 million vehicles.
During the Spring Festival holiday, the highway traffic volume is low and the road network is not under pressure. It is expected that the traffic will run smoothly.
However, the epidemic prevention and control situation is severe, and the control measures for entering and leaving Beijing are more stringent. It is expected that the traffic pressure on the checkpoint sections of major expressways such as Beijing-Tibet, Beijing-Chengdu, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, Beijing-kai, and Beijing-Shanghai will be relatively high during the later period of the holiday.
In addition, citizens are advised to pay close attention to nowcasting weather forecasts, and to minimize going out or drive cautiously in the event of adverse weather conditions such as low visibility, precipitation, or road icing.
Beijing News reporter Pei Jianfei