Beijing stalled on top of traffic jam list
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="date">date</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="wise">wise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="early">early</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="aside">aside</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span>?</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sustainable">sustainable</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="strategy">strategy</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sciences">Sciences</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="New">New</span>-<span word="Urbanization">Urbanization</span> <span word="Report">Report</span> 2017, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="focusing">focusing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="strategies">strategies</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fast">fast</span> <span word="urbanization">urbanization</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="mathematical">mathematical</span> <span word="models">models</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="workplaces">workplaces</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="triggered">triggered</span> <span word="controversy">controversy</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="count">count</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="concerned">concerned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="distances">distances</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="residential">residential</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="transportation">transportation</span> <span word="tools">tools</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="choose">choose</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="listed">listed</span> <span word="anticipated">anticipated</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="spent">spent</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ranked">ranked</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="accordingly">accordingly</span>.</p><p><span word="Average">Average</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="wasted">wasted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="is">is</span> 14 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, 13 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tangshan">Tangshan</span> <span word="and">and</span> 12 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span>, <span word="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</span>, <span word="Shenyang">Shenyang</span>, <span word="Taiyuan">Taiyuan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Shijiazhuang">Shijiazhuang</span>, <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ranking">ranking</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Traffic">Traffic</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="peak">peak</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> - <span word="as">as</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="expand">expand</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="facing">facing</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Niu">Niu</span> <span word="Wenyuan">Wenyuan</span>, <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="leader">leader</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sustainable">sustainable</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="strategy">strategy</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sciences">Sciences</span>.</p>
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