{"id":698,"date":"2010-09-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/"},"modified":"2010-09-09T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T15:00:00","slug":"chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you hear the news about the epic traffic jam on China&#8217;s Beijing-Tibet Expressway? It was 60 miles long and lasted for 11 days in August.\u00a0 According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704125604575449173989748704.html\"><b>Wall Street Journal report<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Though triggered by construction, the root cause for the congestion is  chronic overcrowding on key national arteries. Automobile sales in China  whizzed past the U.S. for the first time last year, as Chinese bought  13.6 million vehicles, compared with 9.4 million vehicles in 2008. China  is racing to build new roads to ease the congestion, but that very  construction is making traffic problems worse\u2014at least temporarily. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Welcome to the First World, China!\u00a0 You&#8217;ve abdicated your title as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/english\/doc\/2004-11\/11\/content_390685.htm\"><b>&#8220;bicycle kingdom&#8221;<\/b><\/a> in favor of car culture. Now you&#8217;re faced with First World transportation woes and its related problems. <\/p>\n<p><object height=\"225\" width=\"400\"><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/news.sky.com\/sky-news\/app\/skynewsflash\/OBU_Player_30.swf?type=embedded&#038;baseColor=6710886&#038;highlightColor=16711680&#038;channel_key=News&#038;ad_channel=2169867&#038;ad_alias=pre_skynews_skynews_Home_World_News&#038;networkId=999.1&#038;unique_id=026055&#038;media_title=Going Nowhere Fast: Chinas Nine-Day Jam&#038;attrib_url=http:\/\/news.sky.com&#038;smoothing=true&#038;tracking_account=DM530320KARC&#038;video_url=http:\/\/static1.sky.com\/\/feeds\/skynews\/latest\/flash\/230810-china-traffic-jam-online.flv'><\/param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'><\/param><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you hear the news about the epic traffic jam on China&#8217;s Beijing-Tibet Expressway? It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[13,33,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-infrastructure-wa","category-sustainable-living","category-transportation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China&#039;s Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World! - Washington Bikes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China&#039;s Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World! - Washington Bikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Did you hear the news about the epic traffic jam on China&#8217;s Beijing-Tibet Expressway? It [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Washington Bikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-09T15:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"baw_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"baw_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/\",\"name\":\"China's Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World! - Washington Bikes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-09T15:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-09-09T15:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6e860a825b788c419d3c57e8bd825842\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China&#8217;s Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/\",\"name\":\"Washington Bikes\",\"description\":\"People who bike make a difference\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6e860a825b788c419d3c57e8bd825842\",\"name\":\"baw_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0016a325f74eb770b4eb798ad2ea7164?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0016a325f74eb770b4eb798ad2ea7164?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"baw_admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/author\/baw_admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China's Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World! - Washington Bikes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China's Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World! - Washington Bikes","og_description":"Did you hear the news about the epic traffic jam on China&#8217;s Beijing-Tibet Expressway? It [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/","og_site_name":"Washington Bikes","article_published_time":"2010-09-09T15:00:00+00:00","author":"baw_admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"baw_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/","url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/","name":"China's Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World! - Washington Bikes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-09-09T15:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2010-09-09T15:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6e860a825b788c419d3c57e8bd825842"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/09\/chinas-epic-traffic-jam-welcome-to-the-first-world\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China&#8217;s Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/","name":"Washington Bikes","description":"People who bike make a difference","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6e860a825b788c419d3c57e8bd825842","name":"baw_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0016a325f74eb770b4eb798ad2ea7164?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0016a325f74eb770b4eb798ad2ea7164?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"baw_admin"},"url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/author\/baw_admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36Q8O-bg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}