Far too many toll stations

A recent website posting about toll stations thickly dotting Shanxi province reminds us of the urgency to tackle the problem of too many toll roads in China, says an article in Qianjiang Evening Post. The following is an excerpt:

In recent days, a website posting about the toll stations in Shanxi province has been quite popular.

In fact, Shanxi is not alone in having such an intensive network of toll stations, but it is common in the whole country. As I drove back from a several thousand kilometers journey, toll charges reached more than 3,000 yuan. If the gas fees were factored in, the cost of every liter of gas jumped to more than 12 yuan while the gas per liter is only around 6 yuan.