{"id":7462,"date":"2023-03-30T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2023-03-30T22:17:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:17:44","slug":"qing-ming-festival-good-friday-long-weekend-traffic-tips-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/2023\/03\/qing-ming-festival-good-friday-long-weekend-traffic-tips-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Qing Ming Festival &#038; Good Friday Long Weekend Traffic Tips (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2022<strong> Heavy traffic is expected during Qing Ming Festival and Good Friday long weekend<br>\u2022 Land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas will experience congestion<br>\u2022 Tips for navigating the traffic and alternatives to avoid it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Qing Ming Festival &amp; Good Friday Long Weekend Traffic Tips (2023) (30 Mar 2023)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wFa0gjfbIGo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The days are getting busy, friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Qing Ming Festival and the Good Friday long weekend are coming soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means many people will be on the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas will be packed with cars and buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Sea of Vehicles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The traffic is going to be like a sea of vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year during the March school holidays, about 376,000 travelers crossed the land checkpoints daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Continuous tailbacks for departure traffic are also expected from the Causeway,&#8221; says the ICA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prepare for the Wait<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like a snail on the road, the traffic will move slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Good Friday long weekend in 2019, more than one million travelers crossed the land checkpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average waiting time for travelers departing by car was about three hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should pack some snacks and games for the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Busy Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The roads will be extra busy from 3 April 2023 (Monday) to 11 April 2023 (Tuesday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you plan to go to Malaysia or enter Singapore by car or bus, prepare for a long wait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider putting off non-essential travel so you avoid getting caught in the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actionable and Practical Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Plan your trips around the busy dates<br>\u2022 Allow extra time for immigration clearance<br>\u2022 Consider postponing non-essential travel to avoid congestion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the End, the Choice is Yours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you know what to expect during the Qing Ming Festival and the Good Friday long weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/onemotoring.lta.gov.sg\/content\/onemotoring\/home\/driving\/traffic_information\/traffic-cameras\/woodlands.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas<\/a> will be very busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can plan for the Wait or choose to stay home. The choice is yours, my friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What do you think? Will you brave the traffic or stay home during the upcoming holidays? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about heavy traffic expected during Qing Ming Festival &#038; Good Fri long weekend in 2023, and get tips for navigating it at Woodlands &#038; Tuas Checkpoints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7467,"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,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,437],"tags":[773,775,776,774,778,777],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7462"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7478,"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7462\/revisions\/7478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}