During this year's May Day holiday, small passenger cars with 7 or fewer seats will be allowed to pass through toll roads nationwide for free from 0:00 on May 1st to 24:00 on May 5th. It is expected that the daily average traffic volume of highways nationwide during the May Day holiday will be about 62 million vehicles, with both inter provincial traffic and new energy traffic increasing. The daily average traffic of new energy vehicles accounts for nearly 20% of the total daily traffic, showing a significant year-on-year increase. The peak period before the holiday is from 18:00 to 20:00 on April 30th; On the first day of the May 1st holiday, long-distance travel across provinces will be concentrated, and there will be a peak of out of town congestion from 10 to 12 o'clock; Starting from May 4th, the peak of return travel will become apparent, with prominent congestion during certain time periods. The peak of return travel congestion will occur from 16th to 18th. The Ministry of Transport stated that it will work with relevant departments to strengthen the monitoring and scheduling of road network operations in important channels and key areas, develop targeted measures to alleviate congestion and ensure smooth traffic flow for busy and congested road sections, carry out dynamic governance, and improve traffic efficiency. Tao Hanxiang, Deputy Director of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport: In conjunction with public security traffic management and other departments, we will implement rapid response to minor traffic accidents, strengthen the pre deployment of vehicle rescue forces, increase the number of temporary vehicle rescue points, achieve rapid rescue and clearance of accident sections, and improve the efficiency of accident response. At the same time, we will strengthen the guarantee of service areas. For busy charging service areas, we will promptly guide them to opposite lanes, opposite service areas, or nearby off road charging points, and install mobile emergency charging equipment to alleviate the busy charging situation. As the May Day holiday approaches, ticket bookings have reached a peak, with domestic flight bookings increasing by over 30% year-on-year. Some popular airline ticket prices have experienced varying degrees of increase. According to big data from Hanglv Zongheng, as of April 24th, the number of domestic flight bookings for the May Day holiday exceeded 5.42 million, an increase of about 31% compared to the same period last year. Popular cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou are still the most concentrated departure and destination destinations. The tourism routes in the southwest and northwest directions have the most significant increase in bookings. According to data from online travel booking platforms, the search volume for domestic flight tickets has surged by 80% in the past week. The reporter found that the prices of some popular airline tickets have been showing an upward trend since April 29th. Jiangnan, Sichuan Chongqing, northern coastal areas, and Yunnan have seen a high demand for air ticket bookings, resulting in varying degrees of price increases. From the perspective of average payment prices, more than 70% of popular destinations have seen a year-on-year increase in ticket prices, but due to the reduction of fuel surcharges, the increase is mostly between 2% and 5%. (New Society)