Can anybody imagine the road rage that would take place if that happened here.
China is powerful, but also fragile.
This can’t be true. China does everything better than we do. /sarcasm
And I thought that the construction on 290 was bad.
Is Zero on vacation in China this week?
And Obama yelled, “I mean, just look at this infrastructure!” during a visit to China.
I remember when the trains were snowed over and people were stranded for days. Of course, China won’t report on any deaths.
I spent time in China and Tibet in years past. I don’t know how things are now, but their road building philosophy and expretise in the past was dreadful.
In Tibet for instance, where there were roads, they were usually unpaved, and major “highways” literally made use of rocky mountain rivers as avenues through gorges.
A large industry in perpetual road construction/repair had built up: each year they “built” the same poorly constructed roads where the previous ones had inevitably been washed out during the rainy season. Everywhere along the roads were the myriad graves of workers killed in the “construction”. The concrete and other materials were the worst I ever saw in any country.
In China, autos were just starting to replace bikes. Again, the materials and construction and expertise were able to withstand bike traffic, but the increase in cars quickly began to ruin the roads. The patches and repairs did nothing permanent to change that.
I Imagine, outside the major cities, littlle has changed. Note that they are hualing coal in trucks!
Is this the same China that Obama was telling us has an awesome infrastructure we should follow the example of? That China?
Ever hit the jam at the Kobe Junction during Obon or Golden Week? It gets in the 10s of kilometers IIRC. I remember giving up and sleeping at a service area then leaving at 3:00 a.m. in hopes of missing the worst of it.
My record is 9 hours.
Residents who live along the roadway were reportedly profiting from the traffic jam, selling food to stranded drivers at inflated prices. "Instant noodles are sold at four times the original price while I wait in the congestion," one driver told the Global Times
That's still less than what one would pay at a baseball game. They're getting a bargain.
And I gripe if I'm held up for 20-minutes or more. Holy cow!
Did you see some of the griping in LA when Obama blocked traffic in West LA for more than 3 hours with no warning to the local residents? I hope all those people remember at the ballot box ...
Just deliver my mail to my car, thankzkbai
