After the 8-day Spring Festival holiday, everyone has returned to work one after another, but the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon is still continuing. On the whole, the 2024 Spring Festival will officially start on January 26 and will last until March 5, a total of 40 days. During this period, it is estimated that 9 billion people will travel, visit relatives and relax, a record high.
It is worth mentioning that out of the 9 billion passengers, the passenger flow of self-driving trips is expected to reach 7.2 billion, a record high.
On the evening of February 19, the national highway travel authoritative information platform "China Road Network" released the 2024 Spring Festival holiday (during the free passage period for small passenger cars) highway network operation report. According to the data, during the Spring Festival holiday in 2024 (during the free passage of small passenger cars) (February 9 to February 17, 2024), the travel demand for returning to the hometown and tourism will be superimposed at a high level, and the national highway traffic will show the characteristics of high average and peak value, and the peak holiday traffic will appear on the sixth day of the lunar month (February 15).
According to the report, the passenger car traffic during the holiday free period accumulated 49.2 billion units, with a daily average of 54.66 million units, an increase of 25% over the same period in 2023. Among them, 99% of the small passenger cars with 9 seats or less.
As the flow of travel increases, so does the demand for services in the service area, which is an important part of the expressway. Parking, refueling, charging, catering, supermarkets and other convenient service facilities are facing greater pressure to use. In the face of a significant increase in traffic flow and volume, it is particularly important to ensure the normal operation and safe use of service facilities.
In fact, as early as January 16, at the press conference on the situation and work arrangements of the 2024 Spring Festival, Li Yang, deputy head of the comprehensive transportation Spring Festival transportation work team and vice minister of the Ministry of Transport, once said, "In order to do a good job in the 'safe Spring Festival, convenient Spring Festival, and warm Spring Festival', we will work with relevant departments to carry out the Spring Festival transportation 'full journey' activity and refine the Spring Festival transportation service measures." It mentions improving the self-driving travel service experience. Strengthen the monitoring of road network operation, improve the efficiency of toll stations, and improve the service capacity and service quality of service areas.
On the second day of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon (February 11) and the fourth day of the Lunar New Year (February 13), the reporter of China Economic Net stopped at the Hangu service area (Changshen Expressway Shenzhen direction), Qingxian service area (Beijing-Shanghai Expressway Shanghai direction), Mengcun service area (Beijing-Shanghai Expressway Shanghai direction) and Jiyang South Service Area (Beijing-Shanghai Expressway Beijing direction) on the way to self-driving. Or the warm protection brought by the tourists.
At about half past seven in the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, the reporter came to the Hangu service area. There is a wide selection of food stalls, including steaming buns, oden, soy milk, and made-to-order pancakes, which attract many diners.
I have not been idle this morning, and I have been busy. A staff member wearing a disposable hood, mask and gloves is expertly spreading pancakes. She told reporters, "Recently, there has been a lot of **, some go home and some go out to play, and everyone wants to eat hot food early in the morning." ”
In the Mengcun service area, the reporter saw the propaganda sign of "Safe Spring Festival, I am in action". Free boiling water for passengers, and a clean and tidy rest area for passengers to dine and rest.