{"id":13284,"date":"2010-08-25T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T12:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13284"},"modified":"2010-08-25T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T12:19:37","slug":"traffic-jam-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/25\/traffic-jam-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic jam of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Every time I complain about getting stuck in a major traffic jam for 20 minutes, my Moscow friends are laughing at me. \u00a0They say that I have no right to complain about 20 minutes, when they spend hours waiting in traffic. \u00a0And that&#8217;s on a daily basis. \u00a0It&#8217;s not anything out of the ordinary to spend 3 hours on your way to work and another 3 on your way back home in the traffic jam in Moscow. \u00a0But today I heard something that makes those 3 hour traffic jam sound like nothing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2010\/08\/23\/epic-traffic-jam-in-china-enters-its-9th-day\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/25\/traffic-jam-of-the-year\/traffic_jam\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/traffic_jam.jpg?fit=455%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"455,278\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Traffic jam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/traffic_jam.jpg?fit=455%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13285\" title=\"Traffic jam\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/traffic_jam.jpg?resize=455%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/traffic_jam.jpg?w=455&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/traffic_jam.jpg?resize=160%2C97&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/traffic_jam.jpg?resize=75%2C45&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture this: an <a href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2010\/08\/23\/epic-traffic-jam-in-china-enters-its-9th-day\/\">epic traffic jam in China<\/a>, where some people are stuck now for <strong>nine days!<\/strong> It&#8217;s been there for so long, that there are businesses starting up around this whole mess. \u00a0And some people go as far as to call it a temporary settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/10\/08\/permanent-traffic-jam\">kottke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Every time I complain about getting stuck in a major traffic jam for 20 minutes, my Moscow friends are laughing at me. \u00a0They say that I have no right to complain about 20 minutes, when they spend hours waiting in traffic. \u00a0And that&#8217;s on a daily basis. \u00a0It&#8217;s not anything out of the ordinary to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/25\/traffic-jam-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Traffic jam of the year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1971,2460,2459],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-china","tag-roads","tag-traffic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8002,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/04\/picture-of-the-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":13284,"position":0},"title":"Picture of the day","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 4, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I realized something today. 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