Gaode Map Releases 2021 ＂May 1＂ Forecast： High-speed travel will usher in the ＂most blocked＂

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 24th (Reporter Gao Jie, Zhu Wenzhe) Gaode Map recently jointly released the Travel Forecast Report for May Day Holidays in 2021 with the traffic management departments of many places across the country. According to the data, during the May Day Golden Week this year, as the epidemic situation continues to improve, the travel policy will be gradually relaxed, and the public’s travel demand will be further released. The national high-speed congestion is expected to increase by more than 10% compared with the same period of last year, or it will become "the most blocked May Day in history".

　　The data shows that the proportion of national high-speed congestion mileage during the May Day holiday has been increasing year by year in the past four years. It is estimated that the degree of high-speed congestion during the May Day holiday in 2021 will be the highest over the years, and the increase is expected to exceed 10% compared with last year.

　　Affected by high-speed free passage and concentrated travel demand, it is expected that the peak of high-speed outbound congestion will be ushered in on May 1, 2021 (the first day of the holiday), and the national high-speed congestion level will be at a high level from May 2 to 4, and the peak of high-speed return congestion will be on May 5 (the last day of the holiday), and the high-speed road conditions will return to normal on May 6.

　　From the specific time period, it is estimated that from 14: 00 on April 30, 2021 (the day before the May Day holiday), the national high-speed traffic pressure will gradually increase, with a high degree of congestion from 18: 00 to 21: 00. Affected by high-speed free passage, it is expected that the high-speed departure congestion peak will be from 9: 00 to 13: 00 on May 1, especially from 10: 00 to 11: 00, and the high-speed return congestion peak will be met from 15: 00 to 18: 00 on May 5. It is expected that the return congestion peak will be from 16: 00 to 17: 00.

　　According to the data, on May 1st, the highways in China are mainly congested in Shanghai section of S20 Outer Ring Expressway, with a daytime congestion delay index of 17.4 and an average speed of about 5km/h, followed by Shanghai section of G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway and Suzhou section of G4221 Shanghai-Wuhan Expressway.

　　It is estimated that on May 5, 2021, the main roads that are prone to congestion in the national high-speed return journey are: Suqian and Huai ‘an sections of S49 Xinyang Expressway, with a daytime congestion delay index of 10.2 and an average speed of about 9 km/h; Followed by the Chuzhou section of G36 Ningluo Expressway and the Lu ‘an and Hefei sections of G40 Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway, it is suggested that citizens who plan to travel through the above sections should travel at the wrong peak.

　　In addition, the high-tech map search big data predicts that the TOP 10 cities for cross-city travel in China during the May Day period are mainly distributed in the southern region, with Guangzhou being the hottest, followed by Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai. Among the top ten popular ancient cities (towns) for self-driving during May Day, the top three are: Fenghuang Ancient City in Xiangxi, the ancient town of xitang in Jiaxing and Old Town of Lijiang.

　　The report predicts that traffic in some popular scenic spots in go on road trip is concentrated, and the surrounding roads are prone to congestion. It is suggested that citizens planning to visit scenic spots such as Old Town of Lijiang, Hongyadong Folk Custom Area in Chongqing, Humble Administrator’s Garden in Suzhou, Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi ‘an and Daming Lake in Jinan should make parking plans in advance as far as possible, or choose to take a taxi and take public transportation.

　　In addition, it is expected that during the May Day period, 5A-level mountain-climbing scenic spots such as Taishan Mountain Scenic Area in Tai ‘an City, Yuntaishan Mountain Scenic Area in Jiaozuo City and Huangshan Mountain in Huangshan City will attract more tourists. Due to the large temperature difference at the top of the mountain, tourists who go climbing are reminded to take warm equipment to avoid catching cold.