French commuters faced new misery Tuesday as over half morning rush-hour trains were cancelled in new public sector strikes over planned pension reforms, causing huge road tailbacks as workers took to their cars. Traffic authorities counted a total 300 km of traffic jams around Paris by 8:00 a.m. as national rail company SNCF said two out of three trains throughout France did not run. Tuesday's strike, which comes on the heels of a week of sporadic rail and air traffic chaos, was due to be joined by postal workers, bank employees, telecommunications workers, hospital staff, police and port workers, among others.

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