This is what you get when you have the state plan roads.
http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/23/chinese-traffic-jam-extends-60-miles-and-nine-days/
“roadside vendors [are] quadrupling their prices for food and other goods”
Looks like the supposed Chinese prohibition of the free-market is at least part myth. 
Clayton -
I like the conclusion the writer draws from the phenomena,
“more planning and incentives for public transit”
Oh thanks for reminding me.
I have been penning a letter to the Gurgaon municipal authority giving a suggestion to implement a road tarriff of Rs. 20 ($0.40) at peak hours on all busy intra-city roads in Gurgaon, and a road tarriff of Rs. 10 ($0.20) for all non-busy hours. I suggested 10% higher rates for heavy vehicles like trucks and buses.
I have been slacking, though, and haven’t finfished and sent it yet. I am always thinking that I should not care so much, and it won’t be heard anyway, but this news is a bit of a reminder to get to doing it. Unless everybody bleeds away their cash everytime they come out to drive on the roads, we won’t reduce traffic delays.
I noticed this too 
wtf