On December 26, the Ministry of Transport issued the "2024 New Year's Day Holiday National Highway Network Travel Service Guide", which will be a total of 3 days during the 2024 New Year's Day holiday, and small passenger cars will be charged normally on toll roads.
It is estimated that during the New Year's Day holiday in 2024, the national highway traffic will increase significantly year-on-year, with an average daily traffic of about 35.3 million vehicles, an increase of about 9% compared with normal days. The traffic volume of the ordinary highway section is relatively gentle, and the peak phenomenon is not obvious.
Holiday travel will show a trend of "high at both ends and low in the middle", with the traffic peaking on the day before the holiday and the return journey concentrated on the last day of the holiday. It is expected that the day before the holiday, from 15 o'clock on December 29, the traffic of the highway network will begin to increase, and there will be a small peak from 18 o'clock to 20 o'clock;On the first day of the holiday, December 30, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., ushered in the second small peak of departure;Traffic is expected to drop slightly on the second day;On the last day, January 1, 2024, the return traffic is expected to remain high, with a peak of return trips from 16 to 19 o'clockAfter the end of the holiday, the traffic of the road network quickly fell back to the usual level.
Affected by factors such as the number of holiday days and winter weather, it is expected that the traffic flow during the New Year's Day holiday will be mainly short-distance self-driving travel to visit relatives and friends and travel in the province, and the flow of small passenger cars will rise slightly compared with weekdays, and the highway network around large and medium-sized cities is prone to short-term congestion and slow traffic during peak hours, and travel in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and other regions is more concentrated. Comprehensive news of this newspaper.