On the first day of the holiday, the country's highways and waterways also ushered in a peak of passenger flow, and the transportation department increased transportation capacity and excellent services to ensure that passengers traveled in an orderly manner. What is the road traffic like at the moment? Let's take a look.
CCTV reporter Tang Ying: Today is the first day of the National Day holiday, and from 0:00 today, toll roads will be exempt from tolls for small passenger cars with seven seats or less. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, travel on the road network is more concentrated.
CCTV reporter Tang Ying: Overall, although the operation of the whole country is at a high level, the overall operation is stable and orderly. Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and other densely populated cities in and out of the city expressway, urban airport expressway and popular scenic spots of the local section of the traffic is large.
CCTV reporter Tang Ying: With the increase of self-driving cars, the number of new energy vehicles has increased, and the total charging time of electric vehicles in the service area has grown rapidly. The Ministry of Transport expects that the average daily charging time of the service area during the holiday can reach more than 2.7 times that of weekdays, especially the total charging time of today's weekdays can reach more than 3 times that of weekdays, and some service areas with large traffic flow will be more than 5 to 10 times that of weekdays.
- At the charging station in the Lin'an service area of Hangrui Expressway, in addition to the traditional charging piles, the local transportation and power supply departments have also arranged energy storage emergency charging vehicles, each vehicle is equipped with two charging guns, which can continuously provide emergency power to 10 vehicles when fully charged.
- Huangshanling Road in Pukou, Nanjing, is a major road connecting Nanjing with Chuzhou and Lu'an in Anhui Province. The transportation department and the local power supply department completed the upgrading of 16 charging piles at the Laoshan National Forest Park site before the National Day holiday ahead of schedule, and the charging speed was increased by 50%.
CCTV reporter Tang Ying: Let's pay attention to water travel again. Today, more than 1.4 million passengers are expected to be sent on water across the country. Now we see the picture is the three passenger terminals of Centipede Ridge, Li Zhushan and Banshengdong in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, which are responsible for Zhoushan's travel to Putuo Mountain Scenic Area, Shengsi and other surrounding islands, as well as to Shanghai, and the passenger flow is expected to increase by about 5% throughout the holiday. Due to the impact of Typhoon No. 18 "Shantuoer" and cold air this morning, the Zhejiang Maritime Safety Administration launched a three-level anti-typhoon emergency response in the southern waters of Zhejiang.
Finally, I would like to remind you that the traffic flow around major and medium-sized cities and popular tourist attractions across the country is relatively concentrated today, so please plan your route in advance and pay attention to driving safety.