Traffic jam is a phenomenon in which many cars are congested and moving forward very slowly on the road. This usually occurs during holidays or rush hours in large cities, on highways that connect two cities and in areas with high vehicle usage around the world. With rapid growth of population and motor vehicles, urban traffic is becoming increasingly congested, which has become a worldwide problem. In China, especially in developed coastal cities, urban traffic congestion is very severe during rush hours. In national holidays such as Spring Festivals and National Days, traffic jam has become a common social phenomenon. Especially during the holidays where the National Day and Middle Autumn Festival overlapped in 2017, QQ Finance reported that highways were heavily congested during the National Day holiday and many passengers were stuck on highways for a long time before reaching their destinations. Traffic congesting has once again become a issue of growing concern. Traffic jams now occur in every city, albeit with varying degrees. The UN estimates that the value of gasoline and time wasted on roads due to traffic jam totals more than $ 300 billion each year. In Los Angeles - the city with the most traffic congestion in the world, the drivers are wasting up to 104 hours on road due to traffic congestion, while the amount of traffic congestion and gasoline value is as high as $9.7 billion, or $ 2408 per driver. However, during national holidays such as the National Day holiday, severe traffic congestion not only wastes limited leisure time, but also decreases residents’ leisure satisfaction. During the National Day holiday, Liu Zhibiao, Dean of Yangtze IDEI, held discussions with relevant experts and scholars on the topic “Views on the Relationship Between Leisure and Congestion”.
