Jimu News.
Every major holiday, such as the Spring Festival, Qingming, and Friday.
1. During holidays such as the National Day, the state will announce the policy of exempting small passenger cars from tolls on expressways. These holidays are also days for the public to gather, and the scene of "jammed on the road" can also be seen during the peak travel every year. For thisA number of netizens left messages on the leadership message board of People's Daily Online, suggesting that the practice of free passage on the expressway should be adjusted。Nandu reporters noticed that the Ministry of Transport responded to this suggestion three times this year. 
Screenshot of the message board of People's Daily Online. The latest response is in response to a netizen's suggestion on private car high-speed tolls on September 13, the netizen said that with the increasing improvement of people's travel methods, now basically every family has a private car, especially for the New Year's holiday, the country is open to free high-speed traffic on holidays, resulting in a large flow of high-speed traffic, vehicles are easy to block and other safety hazardsIt is recommended to have a fixed free mileage per vehicle per year, which can improve the quality of highway traffic, avoid congestion, and better arrange off-peak travel。On December 14, the Ministry of Transport responded twiceIt is explained that the purpose of China's introduction and implementation of the policy of exempting small passenger cars from tolls on major holidays is mainly to alleviate traffic congestion at highway toll stations during holidays and facilitate public travel。The reason for the selection of the Spring Festival, Qingming Day, Labor Day, National Day and other four major holidays,Mainly considering that the public travel demand and highway traffic volume growth during these four holidays are the most obvious, and the congestion of toll stations is more prominent。It is reported that in July 2012, the first approved the "implementation plan for exempting small passenger cars from tolls on major holidays", and decided to start the 2012 National Day holiday, for small passenger cars with 7 seats and below on toll roads, in the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, National Day and other four statutory holidays and their consecutive holidays, the implementation of free passage policy. The Ministry of Transport said that after the implementation of the policy, it has effectively alleviated the congestion of highway toll stations during major holidays, improved the efficiency of toll roads, and also alleviated the shortage of capacity of other modes of transportation, and promoted the development of tourism, car rental and other service industries, and achieved good social results. In a previous response to a similar recommendation on October 17,The Ministry of Transport enumerates a set of data to introduce the above effect: in terms of improving the efficiency of highway toll stations, the time for small passenger cars to pass through the toll stations is shortened from the original average of 14-20 seconds to about 2 seconds, and the effect of reducing fuel consumption is also very significant。In addition, with the vigorous promotion of the abolition of provincial toll stations and ETC at the end of 2019, the congestion of highway toll stations has been further alleviated, and the traffic efficiency has been further improved, which has been widely recognized by the public. "The free passage of small passenger cars on major holidays, benefiting more than 200 million small passenger car users across the country, is an important convenient service policy. The Ministry of Transport pointed out that from the current situation, there are many reasons for the congestion and slowing down of some road sections during peak hours during major holidays, including the reasons why most families can only gather their families on major holidays, and some roads were built early, limited traffic capacity, and cannot meet the actual traffic demand during peak hours. Therefore, to solve these problems, it is necessary to adhere to the system concept, coordinate the optimization of road network structure, the reconstruction and expansion of key road sections, the optimization and adjustment of holidays, and the improvement of traffic policies, and take multiple measures at the same time and implement comprehensive policies. Considering that the policy of exempting small passenger cars from tolls on major holidays has been implemented for more than 10 years, and has achieved certain practical results, coupled with the wide range and complex situation, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research and demonstration, scientific evaluation and analysis, and consider it in combination with relevant policies. In a response on December 14, the Ministry of Transport once again said that it is necessary to adhere to the system concept, take multiple measures at the same time, and implement comprehensive policies. "In the next step, our ministry will work with relevant departments to supervise and guide all localities to continue to strictly implement the relevant policies, and at the same time take a series of pragmatic measures for major holidays and large-flow travel research, improve the efficiency of the road network, and optimize and improve the quality of road travel services through information technology, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness and security. "*Southern ***nddaily), n**Report Editor: Liu Siyu Review: Wei Xi.