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Traffic in Shanghai is terrible, especially in rush hours.

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1. Traffic in Shanghai May 7, 2006
   Today, the last day of my May holiday, I received an email from a friend asking me about my opinion on traffic in Shanghai. He is very smart and sensitive to small details. He shared a lot of great observation he had in Shanghai. To answer the emails, let me post my thinking in a blog. Traffic Rules Many foreigners observed the traffic rules do not work as it would in Shanghai. It is true. Any country and city need...
2. I Don't Drive Well After Back from San Jose Jan 2, 2006
   After continuous 10 days of driving in San Jose area, I feel I do not drive as well as before in Shanghai. Recently, Wendy clearly feels unsafe when she is on board on the car. I feel the same. I start to become either too dangerous or too troublesome for other drivers in Shanghai. Here are some examples. Stop at the STOP Sign I tried to stop at the STOP sign. There is a STOP sign at the exit of...
3. Road Report between Home and Xujiahui Nov 22, 2004
   I wake up in my Pudong home. The clock was 8:15 am. We had 45 minutes to drive 13 km to our office at Xujiahui I don't know when others get up in other countires of this planet; 8:15 is obviously too early for me. My friend in U.S. commented: "I don't believe life in Shanghai is more busier than in U.S." Well. You bet. Shanghai's life is at least busier than Seattle. New York? I know it is much...
4. A Car Towed Away for Temp Parking Oct 28, 2004
   I saw two workers were preparing to tow a red Santana because it was parked on a street (Xin An Road near the Huaihai Road). Temp parking is not allowed on te street. A policeman was nearby. Taken by Jian Shuo Wang Within 2 minutes, the two workers went back to the trailer. The trailer went away with the roof light flashing. The poor car was towed behind it. The whole things happened within 2 minutes. Taken by Jian Shuo...
5. Cars with Non-Shanghai Plates Sep 20, 2004
   From Sept 1, 2004, all cars in Shanghai without a Shanghai local car plate will be charged 150 RMB per month. It means, I need to pay 1800 RMB more for my car. According to the new regulation, I need to visit the police office to hand in the money; otherwise the fine will be 30,000 RMB. Actually, all cars without a Shanghai plate need to pay 30 RMB for the entrance fee when they enter Shanghai. This regulation just...
6. Traffic Rules in Shanghai - Part IIc Jun 28, 2004
   This post is to continue the discussion on Traffic Rules in Shanghai. Check what my star reader Carsten shared with us on safety in Shanghai. The original comment was posted under my article Just Few Steps Away from My New Car: About safety : All people in China should be happy for every little effort the authorities do for the safety. More than 100,000 people get KILLED in the traffic every year in China (and nobody knows how many gets...
7. Shanghai Morning in A Car May 27, 2004
   I wake up at around 8:05 this morning, about 15 minutes later than normal days. Wendy has left for Xiamen already without my awareness. What a strange world! She flies there to interview some guys in Xiamen and will get back by late flight tonight. It all happens in a day. Maybe at the time I wake up, the plane carrying her already left Shanghai and was flying over Zhejiang. Rushing to dirty kitchen, I start to wash. As I...
8. Dynamic Traffic Display Board Mar 6, 2004
   © Jian Shuo Wang. The dynamic traffic display board on the elevated high way of Yan An. Rd. near Jiangsu Rd. From the display board, drivers can clearly see the traffic condition of the ways ahead and choose one of the three channels to go to Pudong - the tunnel, the Nanpu Bridge and the Lupu Bridge. The green lines mean normal traffic. Sometimes, it is red, meaning the traffic is high on that road. It also gives drivers...
9. Always-Red Pedestrian Signs Feb 17, 2004
   Hey. The traffic signs are still not working! I talked about pedestrian signs at Cao Xi Rd. North 漕溪北路 and Nan Dan Rd. 南丹路 were already read in four directions in this article: Traffic Rule in Shanghai. Click here to see the map of the point with my Map Viewer. Tonight, when I passed by the cross road, I found the signs were all red again during the ten minutes when I was there. Faint! I believe at least I...
10. Struggling for Parking Lot Jan 29, 2004
    I rent a car again these two days. I still don't want to put out around 100,000 RMB to buy a car yet since the expensive to maintain a car in Shanghai is still far too expensive. The recent car plate reached 390,000 39,000 RMB (Thanks The King for finding out the typo) cost already. (Anyway, someone take it as another investment method with the rapid rise of the price) Today, I moved around the downtown. I went to Xintiandi...
11. Traffic Control in Shanghai Oct 26, 2003
    To continue my story about the traffic ticket I got yesterday; I am going to tell the story of traffic control in Shanghai. There are obviously many interesting ways to keep the traffic, making the roads in the city a maze land for drivers. The Expensive Plate Raising the expense to get a car number plate is one of the most significant ways. Although there is hot debate in China around the policy that controls the number of cars by...
12. Typical Rush Hours in Shanghai - Part II Jul 24, 2003
    I described the rush hours of Shanghai in the morning yesterday, not surprisingly, the rush hours in the afternoon are also interesting. Here we go. Definition of Rush Hours in the Afternoon The rush hours in the afternoon are not as "rush" as those in the morning. Some services and government organizations closes as early as 4:00 PM so lots of people will take buses home at that period of time. Most businesses closes at 6:00 PM. Unlike in the...
13. Typical Rush Hours in Shanghai Jul 23, 2003
    As always, I waked up at about 7:50 AM. The sun had already climbed high into the sky. I have the thick three layer curtain (that kind with plastic opaque in the middle of the two layer of cotton) to block out light, so it feels as dark as mid-night even in the morning. Well, I still had plenty of time, since my office hours starts from 9:00 AM - the typical foriengn-owned company schedule. Based on the traffic condition...
14. Traffic Rules in Shanghai Jun 4, 2003
    If you come to Shanghai, at least one thing will surprise you - the ignorance to traffice rules. I remember about one year ago, I read about this on Shanghai-Shanghai.net (now Shanghaiexpat.comarticle "There were no traffic rules, but only traffic suggestions". Andrew said the same thing in his article. It is illegal to use the pedestrian Shanghai The article writer (sorry I forgot the name and cannot find it on the site again) even joked: "It seems illegal to use...

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