Why would it be called "waste of money"? Are you talking about the lack of traffic? You know, this is how inter-city highways all over the world look, generally, in terms of traffic? I don't know about Chinese highways since I have never gone by road from city-to-city in China, I have only gone by flight - but really, if you have to travel around 350+ km from city A to B on a highway, you need to be able to maintain an average speed of at least 80 km/hr - on the contrary, it will be a waste if the traffic is too much to be able to maintain that speed.Wow,if chinese goverment dear to build such a road it would be called a waste of money,and receive a lot criticizes,also i wonder why those road in your pictures always got so many dust along the edge of the road。
well i havent been to those other tier city you talking about,and i didnt even know if my city is some kind tire 1 city,but the traffic jam does get pretty bad more and more often,goverment tried many ways to reduce that,but so far none work as we wished,so consider youself lucky you were not in one of those city。(ok i just checked,looks like my city isnt tire 1 after all,maybe tire 2?):thumb:The biggest difference between Chinese and Indian roads. Indian roads are wall to wall packed with traffic, Chinese roads outside of tier 1 cities largely remain sparsely trafficked. I couldn't believe how easy it was getting around a city of 11 million by car, just avoid the commuter hot spots. Accidents were the biggest problem.
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why bother with the brainwashed?These people have no idea about the number and magnitude of projects China is undertaking。Their pea-sized brain can't deal with the enormity of the transformation under way in their northern neighbour。��Ƶ��ʵ�����������ڼ��������Ѵ��³� - �Ѻ���Ƶ
such is what is happening now on CHinese expressway.....
OMG,you are still trying?those picture looks empty because they choose the time which there isnt many cars to show the best looking of the road,those are clearly offical picture,while picture i give you are not from offical,also those pictures above your post,you do know its a fact that the amount of cars are increasing very fast in china do you?just a few years back not much people are worrying about the traffic,and there isnt so many cars parked in the community i live,now its cars in every corner,often the car owner even need to call the other driver to move his car so the he can drive his own car out,im just fail to understand why more and more chinese from differnt city are worrying and talking about traffic jam,but some chini expert here try to say the traffic is empty,oh btw,those expressway just got some major jam going right now,look at the post above you。Major Highway of Shanghai...
Have you really read the article? China's toll roads recorded combined revenues of RMB 285.946 billion last year, you know what does it mean? you know the relations between revenues and long-term investment? yeah, to you, a knowledgeable ecnomist who pastes a lot of China economy related posts, that investment must be debt and forever a debt, salute to you, what can I say? what should I say?If China's expressways are seeing so much traffic, why are they 2.3 trillion RMB in debt?
http://www.chinamedia.com/news/2011/11/30/chinas-highway-toll-road-debt-totals-rmb-2-3-tln/
People only believe what they want to believe. if Chinese roads being empty is what people want to believe, then so be it, why do you even bother?I cant believe people in this forum got fooled by this "expert" so easily and likes him 1082 times,really?i just been to this forum about a day,and i can easily tell he never been to china and know very little about china,he dont even know when is the national celebriting day in china for christ sake,i guess i spent enough time on this forum,so farewell,gentlmen.
Of all the pictures you posted, this one is my favorite.why bother with the brainwashed?These people have no idea about the number and magnitude of projects China is undertaking。Their pea-sized brain can't deal with the enormity of the transformation under way in their northern neighbour。
Do you know what so much investment and debt really means? It means most of China's roads are undertraveled and in many cases, practically deserted. Like all other things China does, it has vast overcapacity of highways that it cannot turn a profit. When you build so much you are going to have most of it empty.Have you really read the article? China's toll roads recorded combined revenues of RMB 285.946 billion last year, you know what does it mean? you know the relations between revenues and long-term investment? yeah, to you, a knowledgeable ecnomist who pastes a lot of China economy related posts, that investment must be debt and forever a debt, salute to you, what can I say? what should I say?