CCTV News: Since the Spring Festival travel 2025, the average daily flow of new energy vehicles on highways nationwide has been 6.8546 million, an increase of 61.81% year-on-year compared with the same period in 2024, and the flow of new energy vehicles accounts for 17.56%. Before the festival, the passenger flow of highways continued to operate at a high level

Anhui Expressway Network is located in a geographical location connecting the east and west, connecting the south and the north. January 27 is the last day before the festival, and the passenger flow of Anhui Expressway continues to operate at a high level during the Spring Festival travel rush. In the past two days, Anhui has encountered the first rain and snow weather this winter. Is it still smooth for everyone to return home? The phenomenon of "tidal" traffic flow is obvious

G3 Beijing-Taipei Expressway He'an section is a large channel of Anhui's north-south expressway network. It can be seen through aerial photography that the traffic flow from Hefei to Anqing before the Spring Festival is very large, with a peak of about 140,000 vehicles. This section of He'an Expressway is 8 lanes in both directions, with a maximum designed pass capacity of 100,000 vehicles, and 140,000 vehicles far exceeding the designed pass capacity. Before the festival, there were more vehicles from Hefei to Anqing, and fewer vehicles in the opposite direction. After the festival, it was just the opposite, showing a very obvious "tidal" traffic phenomenon. This is closely related to the geographical location of Anhui Expressway Network connecting east and west, and south and north. For example, Anhui is like a pipeline in the middle of an hourglass. People returning from East China formed a peak towards Anhui, and vehicles from North China, Northwest and Southwest gathered in Anhui when they returned after the New Year. Dynamic guidance for emergency lanes, clear congestion and keep smooth

During the 2025 Spring Festival travel rush, Anhui Expressway Network has also become smarter. Anhui Expressway Department piloted the launch of the "Emergency Lane Dynamic Guidance System" in four sections of congestion, such as the He'an Expressway where I am now everywhere, to achieve dynamic opening of emergency lanes through intelligent control and improve the traffic capacity of "unblocking and smooth traffic".

When traffic flow occurs in a congested section, the highway operation unit and the highway traffic police department will cooperate with the highway traffic police department. After the highway traffic police department issues the emergency lane opening command, the system will be started immediately. The dynamic guidance system display screen installed on the shoulder of the road will display traffic prompts such as "emergency lane is allowed", "emergency lane ends", and "emergency lane is prohibited". The working principle is similar to the "traffic lights" at urban traffic intersections. It is estimated that after the implementation of the emergency lane dynamic guidance system to control traffic, the traffic capacity will be effectively improved by more than 20%. Charging "new" relieves "milestation anxiety"

Now, with the popularity of new energy vehicles, more and more people are driving new energy vehicles back home during the Spring Festival travel rush. On the way, many new energy vehicle owners are very concerned about whether their car can be charged in time. At present, there are more than 2,600 charging spaces in Anhui's highway service area, and the proportion of new energy charging spaces in the service area reaches 14.5%, ranking among the forefront of the Yangtze River Delta and central regions.

The service area currently has 20 charging stations, double the number compared to 2024. In order to meet the energy replenishment needs of new energy vehicles in the service area during the Spring Festival travel rush, the power department has also deployed large mobile power banks in the service area to meet the charging needs of car owners. There are more diverse travel methods, and the demand for hitchhiking has increased by nearly 80%. During the 2025 Spring Festival travel, in addition to self-driving travel, hitchhiking, car rental and other methods have become the choices of many passengers when returning home during the Spring Festival travel rush.

Gaode's data shows that demand for hitchhiking increased by nearly 80% during the Spring Festival travel rush due to its economical sharing of seats, sharing of travel expenses, and the convenience of "door-to-door" direct access in townships. In particular, the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions have the largest demand, and the top three regions with growth rates include Hainan, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and Sichuan-Chongqing regions.

The data from the Ministry of Transport's Highway Institute's "2025 Comprehensive Transport Spring Festival Travel Strategy Analysis Report on the Movement of Personnel in the Whole Society" shows that the demand for taxi to large transportation hubs such as airports and train stations remains high. There is a great demand for nighttime online car-hailing airports in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing and Shanghai.

Liu Dongmei, deputy director of the Big Data Industry R&D Center of the Highway Academy of the Ministry of Transport, introduced that judging from the monitoring data of online car-hailing and car rental platforms, the demand for cross-city online car-hailing in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is outstanding. In addition to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, there is also a high demand for pick-up and drop-off stations in cities such as Chengdu, Xi'an, Harbin, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Sanya. In terms of car rental, there is a strong demand for car rental in tourist cities such as Chengdu, Sanya, Haikou, and Dali, and will continue to be in high demand during the holidays.