Endless Traffic

Many cities have terrible traffic during peak hours, though the roads typically become passable at other times of the day.

In China, a road has been continually jammed for nine days:

Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.

The 100km jam is expected to last for another month:

The city authorities have sent 400 police to the area to try to calm the situation -- the second time in two months such a massive traffic snarl has occurred on the road that links the Chinese capital to Tibet.