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The New York Times has called this event the "Great Chinese Gridlock of 2010." [92] [93] The congestion is regarded as the worst in history by duration, and is one of the longest in length after the 175 kilometres (109 mi) long Lyon-Paris traffic jam in France on February 16, 1980.
Many passengers are thus lower-middle-class people who are ex-users of other less comfortable and/or more expensive commercial buses. This situation is at odds with one of the objectives of Transjakarta, which was to reduce traffic jam during rush hours by persuading private car owners to use comfortable public transport.
Morning rush hour on the New York City Subway platform at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue Afternoon rush hour traffic on Interstate 95 in Miami. A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English, Indian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.
Though overall traffic was worst in 2019 before improving in 2020 due to the pandemic, speeds have been well below average — 53.7 mph last year on the 405 — every Tuesday and Wednesday before ...
Gridlock on a network of two-way streets. The red cars are those causing the gridlock by stopping in the middle of the intersection. Gridlock is a form of traffic congestion where continuous queues of vehicles block an entire network of intersecting streets, bringing traffic in all directions to a complete standstill.
In 2022, New York said the charge would cut traffic, improve air quality and increase transit use by 1% to 2%. The toll would generate $1 billion to $1.5 billion a year and support $15 billion in ...
The Jabodebek light rapid transit project is aimed to tackle Jakarta's high road traffic congestion. The northern section of the LRT project partly replaces the Jakarta Monorail project which has been cancelled. [8] The LRT's public free trial run, is planned started on 12 July 2023, with commercial operations slated to begin on 17 August 2023. [9]
A petrol tanker ploughed into a traffic jam and exploded, killing 100–200 people. November 27 – Canada – A bus carrying tourists from Taiwan collided head-on with a transport truck inside a tunnel on the Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke, British Columbia, killing six people and injuring 21 others. [4]