SHANGHAI’S transport authority said it will introduce a new congestion alert system this year as experts think the city’s roads are set to become even more crowded.

“Based on figures collected last year, as well as the morning and evening rush hour congestion, the city experiences an afternoon jam,” said Xue Meigen, vice president of the Shanghai Urban-Rural Construction and Transportation Development Research Institute.

“With more cars on the roads and major construction projects like the Beiheng Passage and renovation of Yan’an Road E. Tunnel, the situation will worsen in 2015,” Xue said.