With the increasing development of China's highway network, the congestion problem on the highway has attracted widespread attention during the peak holiday travel period. One of the high-profile concerns is the dense layout of toll booths, which largely exacerbates the detention of vehicles in front of toll booths, which in turn affects the overall traffic efficiency. However, the recent introduction of the policy of benefiting the people by China's transportation department has brought the dawn of change to this situation - provincial toll stations are expected to be phased out.
According to relevant data, the mileage of China's highways has exceeded 160,000 kilometers, and the densely distributed toll stations have undoubtedly become a major bottleneck restricting the smooth flow of roads. Once the provincial toll booths are abolished, it will theoretically greatly improve the traffic capacity of the expressway, and it is expected to effectively reduce the traffic congestion rate by more than 30%. This initiative will not only help to save car owners travel time and reduce fuel consumption, but also is expected to further stimulate the regional economy by reducing the cost of tolls.
Taking Jiangsu and Shandong provinces as an example, the first pilot project of "canceling provincial toll stations" is implemented, and the vehicles passing across the province do not need to queue up to pay, but through the ETC system to achieve non-stop toll collection, which significantly improves the efficiency of road traffic and is warmly welcomed and affirmed by the majority of car owners. Industry experts**, if this measure is fully promoted nationwide, it can not only reduce the traffic pressure during the peak holiday period, but also is more likely to have a far-reaching impact on the overall operation mode of China's expressways.
Although the current policy of canceling high-speed provincial toll stations nationwide has not yet been fully implemented, the relevant departments have made it clear that they are actively promoting this work and formulating a detailed timetable and roadmap. The majority of car owners and the public are full of expectations for this, and they generally believe that this is an important reform in the modernization process of China's expressways, and it is also a key step to solve the stubborn disease of high-speed traffic jams.
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