The 2024 Spring Festival officially starts today, ending on March 5 for a period of 40 days, what are the precautions for this year's Spring Festival? Let's find out
Chengdu traffic police
Released a travel guide for the Spring Festival
This year's Spring Festival, the cross-regional flow of people in the country is expected to reach 9 billion, passenger car travel is nearly 7.2 billion people, the proportion of self-driving travel will exceed eighty, Chengdu's external traffic volume (civil aviation, railway, road passenger transport) is expected to reach 43 million person-times, an increase of 26% year-on-year in 2023, and urban transportation (subway, bus, taxi, etc.) is expected to reach 4100 million passengers, an increase of 28% year-on-year in 2023, and the overall demand for comprehensive transportation is strong.
According to the pattern of the past year, it is expected that the total number of car trips in Chengdu's "5+1" urban area will remain high before the Spring Festival (January 20 to February 4) this year, with an average daily travel volume of about 2.15 million vehicles, until the last week before the Spring Festival will gradually decline, and it is expected that the number of car trips on Chinese New Year's Eve (February 9) will decline by 40%, and the number of car trips will be about 1.6 million, and the urban traffic is in a smooth state.
1.The outbound stage of the Spring Festival: the expressway network runs smoothly, and the risk of congestion in supermarkets and hubs gathers
The departure stage of the Spring Festival is from January 26 to Chinese New Year's Eve February 9 (15 days in total). The city's concentrated return to hometown, visiting relatives, tourism and travel traffic is superimposed, Yongfeng Road Chuangye Road first line, Fuqing Road first line, Yangxi Line and other passages in and out of the city traffic is relatively dense, Chengnan, Chengmian, Chengya and other highways have a large traffic flow, traffic flow is growing, but will not be concentrated in a short period of time, the road network is running smoothly overall.
In the early stage of the Spring Festival, affected by the purchase of New Year's goods and the early travel of the Spring Festival, the traffic congestion pressure around large business districts, markets and supermarkets such as Chunxi Road IFS, Taikoo Li, The Mixc, Joy City, Lotus Pond and Baijia Farmers' Market, as well as large transportation hubs such as Chengdu East Railway Station, Chengdu South Railway Station, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Tianfu International Airport and Chadianzi Passenger Station.
2.Spring Festival holiday: Congestion in urban areas is mainly concentrated around popular attractions
The Spring Festival holiday period is from February 10th to 17th, a total of 8 days. Judging from the traffic situation in the urban area during the Spring Festival holiday over the years, the traffic congestion is mainly concentrated in the highway network around the city, which has a relatively small impact on the urban traffic, and the overall low-level traffic in the urban area is running, but the surrounding roads and traffic flow are still large in important areas such as popular scenic spots, business districts, parks, greenways around the city, and temples. Judging from the recent weekend travel situation, snow appreciation and snow play continue to be hot, becoming the first choice for the Spring Festival holiday, Dayi Xiling Snow Mountain, Dujiangyan Hongkou Scenic Area, Pengzhou, etc., the Qiang Valley, Taiziling Ski Resort in the surrounding cities and prefectures are hot, and the risk of traffic congestion on the national and provincial highways and highways going to the above attractions during the Spring Festival, especially in the eastern section of the Chengdu Ring City, is higher.
3.The return stage of the Spring Festival: major transportation hubs are prone to people and vehicles gathering
The return phase of the Spring Festival travel is from February 18 to March 5 (a total of 17 days). The traffic of the expressway network has gradually decreased and is relatively stable, returning to normal levels, and will not concentrate on returning, but large transportation hubs such as passenger stations and airports are prone to gather large areas and traffic flows.
Traffic flow on Sichuan Expressway
It is expected to exceed 1200 million vehicles
On January 25, Xiaobu learned from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation that the total traffic volume of the expressway during the Spring Festival was about 12,35400,000 vehicles, with a daily average of about 30890,000 vehicles, compared with the 2023 Spring Festival (29860,000 units the next day) increased by 34%, compared to the usual (about 237..)80,000 units the next day) increased by 299%。
According to the estimate, during the Spring Festival transportation period, the flow of family visits, students, migrant workers, and tourism will be superimposed, and the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society will hit a record high, and the task of transportation service guarantee will be more onerous.
From the perspective of the overall time distribution, it is expected that during the Spring Festival transportation this year, the traffic volume of the expressway in Sichuan Province, the cross-section flow of ordinary national and provincial trunk lines, the road passenger volume, and the waterway passenger traffic will generally show a distribution trend of "slightly lower in the early and late stages, and the high operation of the Spring Festival", and the average daily travel volume in the early Spring Festival (January 26 to February 9) is higher than that in the late Spring Festival (February 18 to March 5). Railway and civil aviation passenger traffic showed a trend of "low before and then high", with the lowest passenger traffic on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and then gradually increasing, and the average daily passenger traffic in the later period of the Spring Festival (February 18 to March 5) remained high.
Staff on duty at the Iasi Expressway.
According to estimates, the average daily traffic volume in the early stage of the Spring Festival in 2024 will be about 30350,000 trips; The average daily traffic during the Spring Festival holiday is about 39870,000 vehicles (the peak was about 451 on February 13.)50,000 trips; The average daily traffic volume in the later part of the Spring Festival is about 27130,000 trips, and then gradually reduced to the daily level.
In terms of ordinary national and provincial trunk lines, it is estimated that the average daily cross-sectional flow of ordinary national and provincial trunk lines in the province will be about 8,527 vehicles during the Spring Festival transportation in 2024, an increase of 2 compared with the Spring Festival transportation period in 2023 (8,314 vehicles per day).6%, an increase of 20 compared to the usual (7083 vehicles per day).4%。
From the perspective of time distribution, it is estimated that the average daily cross-sectional flow in the early stage of the Spring Festival in 2024 will be about 8,960 vehicles; The average daily cross-sectional flow during the Spring Festival holiday was about 9,413 vehicles (reaching a peak of about 10,200 vehicles on February 17); In the later part of the Spring Festival, the average daily cross-sectional flow was 7,729 vehicles.
Xiaobu learned from the Sichuan Public Security Traffic Police Corps that during the Spring Festival, the following road sections in Sichuan Province may be prone to traffic congestion or due to construction control, which affects traffic, and it is recommended to detour, as follows