This year’s National Day holiday drew to a close yesterday, bringing yet more horrific traffic jams.
These dramatic pics were taken by an aerial drone at a toll gate along the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway on Tuesday as vacationers headed back to the capital region. Highways throughout China were very congested, including the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway and the Xianghe Highway in Hebei.
The People’s Daily reports 750 million Chinese traveled over the holiday, 6.1 percent more than last year. But the traffic jams weren’t the only thing drivers had to watch out for. This year, police also began a crackdown on people who park or drive along the emergency vehicle lanes, catching more than 60,000 violators.
Tuesday also marked a return to heavy smog in Beijing. After a starting the National Day holiday with clear skies, the week off from work ended with AQI levels in the capital nearing 400, prompting a yellow smog alert.
Elsewhere, transportation was very busy as Chinese train stations and airports were packed full of holiday-goers (below):
