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Traffic jams happen all the time in most Chinese cities. We simply have too many people with too many cars. But the worst times are, of course, rush hour times. This is when most people are going to, or coming from work. At these times there is a high volume of traffic on the roads at the same times and this causes some pretty big traffic jams.

Well, too many cars, buses and vehicles on the roads at one time cause traffic jams. It’s simple really. And perhaps not having enough road space to accommodate such a large volume. It’s a real problem if you’re in a city with a huge population – and especially a city where people’s wealth has increased quickly over the past decades – you end up with a sudden rise in people driving private cars, and the roads are not really capable of taking that much traffic at once, and public transport may still be crowded and inconvenient.

I think it will always get better as cities develop – especially if the government put enough time and resources into developing public transport and promoting the use of public transport over private car use. There are already quite a few restrictions on traffic in China today, and they have put a lot of effort, also, into improving the subway systems and bus routes. So, I am quite confident that traffic congestion will get better rather than worse in the future. But it may take time.

One solution which I think needs to be addressed faster, is to make sure subway trains have enough carriages so they are not so crowded. Quite a few more wealthy middle class people, and managers and executives in China, simply do not want to go on a densely crowded subway. Not only is it very uncomfortable, but they feel it is not in line with their status. I believe, like in London, New York and Tokyo, if the subway trains were greater in number and there was more space in the carriages, executives and white collar workers would be more willing to take public transport instead of driving private cars.