Recently, Baidu Map released the "China Urban Traffic Report for the First Quarter of 2022", which objectively reflects the traffic conditions of major cities in my country based on Baidu Map big data. I selected the peak commute congestion list and the weekend traffic congestion list and found that the congestion index during peak commute times in most cities generally showed a downward trend, while the opposite was true on weekends, reflecting changes in people's travel habits.
(data from Baidu Maps)
Let’s first look at the commuting peak congestion list. From the different levels of car ownership, we can see that cities with more than 3 million cars have a downward trend in congestion index compared to cities with 200 cars. Cities with a population in the range of 10,000 to 3 million are even more obvious. Among them, Shanghai, Qingdao , and Tianjin have experienced a decline of more than 10%. Of course, this is also closely related to the impact of the epidemic experienced by several cities in the first quarter. In addition to the epidemic factors, there may be the following reasons for people to give up driving to work: rising gas prices and the improvement of public transportation. If public transportation was fast and convenient enough, would everyone be willing to take the subway or bus to commute to get off work?
(data from Baidu Maps)
Let’s look at the weekend traffic congestion list. It is exactly the opposite trend to the previous commuter peak congestion list. Not only does the overall trend show an upward trend, but cities with less car ownership have higher car ownership. The upward trend is more uniform in large cities. The rise of weekend self-driving tours has given birth to a new industry - the camping economy. Because the epidemic prevention policies vary from place to place, to a certain extent, many people have been blocked from looking for "poetry and distance", so they can only choose suburbs with shorter distances. Get close to nature in the park. As long as the weather is nice on weekends, wherever there is an open grassland, you can always see groups of people setting up tents or canopies and spreading picnic mats, enjoying the rare leisure time.
Another interesting thing is that in these campsites, new energy vehicles account for a high proportion. More and more new energy vehicles are equipped with external discharge functions, which are very suitable for use when camping. I believe that in the future, whether a car is equipped with this function may become one of the important factors for consumers to decide whether to buy it.
The second quarter has just ended. Compared with the first quarter, oil prices have continued to rise. At the same time, some cities have experienced strict epidemic control. It is expected that the above two major changes will become more obvious. Some friends may refute my point of view, "I drive to work every day, and I feel that there are as many cars on the road as usual." Judging from the above big data analysis results, the decrease in congestion in most cities has changed by less than 10%, which is reflected in the number of cars and The change in commuting time will be relatively small, giving the illusion that nothing has changed. Of course, it also reflects the fact that many factors affect a small number of non-essential users who have the freedom to choose to drive or not to drive.
is written at the end. With the gradual recovery of the car market and the advancement of automobile consumption policies, the number of new cars on the road will increase significantly. At the same time, with the adjustment of epidemic control policies, cross-regional flows will become more frequent. I believe that in the third quarter, major congestion lists may show an upward trend. So, for friends who hold coins and want to buy, will they choose to buy a new car at this time and become a member of the "traffic jam army"? (Text/Youshi Auto Yufeng)
