The traffic jam is unbearable
For the past few months, I have been using the south and east 4th ring to get to and back from work. Today, I used the north 4th ring at 6pm and I spend 1.5 hours to get from ZhongGuanChun to the Bird Nest (national stadium). The distance is less than 7 km. If you do the math, you will know that the speed is about 5km/hour, slightly faster than walking.
I started off at the ShiJiQing qiao at the north west of the 4th ring at about 6pm.. The car came to a stand still in ZhongGuangChun along with thousands of other cars.. After 1.5 hours stop and go, I went pass the Birds Nest. All of a sudden, the traffic was smooth again as most of the vehicles exited to the Birth