According to news on the website of the Ministry of Transport on the 25th, according to the "Notice of the State Council on the Approval of the Implementation Plan for Exempting Small Passenger Vehicle Tolls on Major Holidays by the Ministry of Transport and Other Departments" and the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Arrangements for Certain Holidays in 2024" "The Ministry of Transport is now ready to optimize the small passenger cars during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday" and "encourage all units to implement systems such as paid annual leave and arrange for employees to rest on New Year's Eve (February 9)". Notice regarding the free pass period is as follows:
1. The free passage period for small buses during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday starts and ends from 00:00 on February 9 (New Year’s Eve) to 24:00 on February 17 (the eighth day of the first lunar month).
2. All provincial transportation authorities should organize toll road operation and management units to implement toll road operation and management units in accordance with the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on Issuing the Operation Guarantee Plan for Exempting Small Passenger Vehicle Tolls on Major Holidays" (Jiaotong Highway Mingdian [2021] No. 46) requires that we do a good job in ensuring the smooth flow of highways and waiving tolls for small passenger cars during the Spring Festival.
3. The Spring Festival holiday in 2024 will be long. It is expected that the public will be more willing to travel, highway traffic volume will hit a new high, and the pressure will be greater to ensure smooth traffic and service guarantees on the road network. Provincial transportation authorities should fully summarize the experience and practices in ensuring road network traffic services during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays in 2023, conduct an in-depth analysis of the causes of congestion on some road sections, and work with relevant departments to study in advance measures to further improve road network traffic and smooth service measures, in accordance with the unification of the ministry Deploy to effectively improve the road network traffic capacity and service guarantee capabilities, and provide high-quality services for the people to travel conveniently and efficiently.