Anhui Traffic Control Group： Spring Festival travel rush guaranteed that many measures were taken at that time to promote smooth flow.

The opening of "Tidal Road Section", the operation of intelligent operation command center, and the addition of "mobile public toilets" and "charging and replacing power stations" … Since January 26th, the curtain of the 40-day 2024 Spring Festival travel rush has officially opened, and expressways, service areas and toll stations in Anhui Province have become busy.

As the main force of Anhui’s high-speed operation service, Anhui Traffic Control Group prepares for war in advance, strengthens the road network to ensure smooth and smooth traffic and the travel service of drivers and passengers, and takes many measures to ensure the orderly operation of the road network and the safe travel of drivers and passengers.

"Tidal road section" helps to disperse support and block up.

Located in the section from Wuzhuang to Quanjiao West Hub of Huning section of Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway, although it is only 5 kilometers, during the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the return traffic of the Yangtze River Delta before the holiday is large, and the return traffic after the Spring Festival is large, which forms a "tidal phenomenon" of traffic flow and is also a node that is easy to form congestion.

"In the past two days, the traffic volume at the entrance and exit of Wuzhuang Toll Station has increased significantly compared with weekdays." According to Guan Xudong, deputy stationmaster of Wuzhuang Toll Station, the traffic volume at the entrance and exit of Wuzhuang Toll Station has gradually increased in the past two days, and the daily average traffic volume at the entrance and exit can reach 60,000 vehicles.

Aerial photography of tidal lane. Photo courtesy of Anhui Traffic Control Group

To this end, after careful preparation in the early stage, the group set this section as a "tidal section". When encountering the traffic of returning carts, it adopted the way of "borrowing lanes" from the section with small opposite traffic to increase the number of lanes, and combined with Wuzhuang toll station to set up a "tidal toll lane" to form a combination boxing and improve traffic efficiency.

In addition, all operating units of Anhui Traffic Control Group co-ordinate the deployment of toll collectors, and increase toll crossings in a timely manner according to the traffic volume.

Among them, Wuzhuang Station, Huayuan Station and other large-flow toll stations adopt the methods of double charging and adding manual toll terminals to improve the crossing speed and effectively deal with the peak traffic. Promote the construction of smart toll stations. Nine smart toll stations, including Wuyang, Wudu, Quanjiao West, Xuancheng West, Taibai Island, Fangxing Avenue, yi county, langxi East and Tianzhu Shanbei, have achieved quasi-free circulation, and the traffic efficiency has doubled compared with traditional toll stations.

Smart Operation Command Center Helps Expressway Network Operation Management

In order to ensure a smooth road network and improve traffic efficiency, the Intelligent Operation Command Center of Anhui Communications Control Group was put into use on the first day in Spring Festival travel rush.

A few days ago, People’s Network Anhui Channel walked into the smart operation command center, only to see the big screen showing the data including the traffic volume change, congestion situation and the operation of toll station service area of more than 5,100 kilometers in Anhui Province, and will conduct real-time analysis.

The smart operation command center big screen. People’s Network Lu Huanhuan photo

Wu Jun, director of the operation service department of Anhui Traffic Control Group Wantong Company, said that this kind of operation command and management system collects data such as road information, surveillance video, intelligence board, traffic flow, gas station in service area, etc. By accessing, managing, analyzing and sharing all kinds of data, the data can be deeply integrated, and it can also predict the traffic flow of key sections in the future and remind section management units to prepare in advance, just like installing a thinking "brain" on the expressway.

At the same time, in view of bad weather such as rain, fog, ice and snow, all operating units of the group implement scientific and accurate management and control through road network monitoring and coordinated dispatching systems to improve the efficiency of emergency response; Strengthen cooperation with third-party navigation systems, obtain real-time Internet traffic big data information, cooperate with public security traffic police departments, and take effective measures such as remote control, near-end diversion, multi-point evacuation, and speed-reducing lanes to direct traffic to bypass alternative routes in the road network, effectively ensuring the smooth operation of the road network.

The staff is conducting real-time monitoring and analysis. People’s Network Lu Huanhuan photo

"Mobile Public Toilet" and "Charging and Replacing Power Station" Help Beautiful Travel

The launch of the expressway "brain" has helped to upgrade the service in Spring Festival travel rush, Anhui Province, and at the same time, the expressway service area has been constantly renewed.

On the first day of Spring Festival travel rush, People’s Daily Anhui Channel saw in Feidong Service Area, Hefei City, Anhui Province that there were not only charging stations for new energy vehicles, but also power exchange stations, and new energy owners were charging their cars.

In the afternoon, Ms. Ma, who returned to Changzhou from Hefei, was charging her car. She said that her new energy vehicles have been charged in the two service areas of Quanjiao and Feidong. "It is very convenient to charge now. It doesn’t take long, it takes more than 40 minutes, and there are many charging piles. There is no need to queue up."

Feidong service area quick charging station. People’s Network Lu Huanhuan photo

"There are currently 44 charging piles and one Weilai power station in Feidong service area, compared with only 4 charging piles at this time last year. During the Spring Festival travel rush this year, it is basically possible to ensure that charging is less queued or even not queued. " Ruan Decai, director of the Yuzhong Management Center of Anhui Traffic Control Group Yida Company and secretary of the General Party Branch, said that the auto repair shop of Cheyou Home also provides seven free services and six fee reduction services for the convenience of car owners.

In fact, in the service area affiliated to Anhui Traffic Control Group, with the implementation of the encryption and expansion project of charging piles for new energy vehicles, more than 1,800 charging parking spaces and 49 power stations have been put into use, of which small parking spaces account for more than 10%, nearly doubling compared with the beginning of last year, greatly improving the charging service capacity of new energy vehicles.

More than 40 service areas in Anhui Province have set up shower spots. People’s Network Lu Huanhuan photo

In addition, Anhui Traffic Control Group also extended the intimate service to other details.

In order to alleviate the queue of toilet during peak passenger flow, the group expanded and renovated 33 pairs of public toilets in service areas, and set up 21 sets of temporary container toilets in 7 pairs of service areas, including Guangde and Xiqiao, adding 210 toilet seats, in an effort to alleviate the queue of toilet during peak passenger flow. Reserve more than 130 tons of snow melting agent, 5400 sacks and other materials to deal with possible bad weather. 600,000 items will be delivered to the service area in advance, micro warehouses will be set up in 8 service areas, and 15,000 emergency items will be reserved and allocated according to the situation.

Showers are set up in more than 40 service areas, such as Feidong, for free use by truck drivers, so that truck drivers can take a hot bath and have a good sleep during transportation. The garage in the service area provides nine free automobile safety services, such as tire pressure detection, car tire inflation, electricity supply, etc. More than 70% of the service areas are equipped with maternal and child rooms, and 90% of the service areas are equipped with a third bathroom.

In addition, in view of the fact that some passengers are "on the road" and can’t catch up with the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner every year, the Yida service area of Anhui Communications Control Group invited them to have dinner together this year, and all restaurants ate for free on New Year’s Eve.