A crucial year to ease the traffic jam

A crucial year to ease the traffic jam It was learned, on Feb.7th, from Ningbo Traffic-jam Control Office that we had stepped into a year of great importance during the five-year period to ease the traffic jam. In 2017, special emphasis will be laid on such work as the regulation of traffic order, comprehensive running of the rail transit, treatment of severely-congested areas and improvement of the slow traffic system. Besides, citizens' opinions will be sought for. At the beginning of 2013, Ningbo determined the general philosophy and practical approaches to ease the traffic jam in following five years, officially proposed the establishment of an urban traffic pattern which was based on public transportation while decided to prioritize the development of public transportation as a fundamental method. At the same time, six grand actions were under the incubation, incorporating all-round improvement of road network, public transportation and slow traffic, optimization of parking system and traffic management as well as the strengthening of demand management. In the past four years, conspicuous achievements were seen in the work to improve urban traffic: public transportation was obviously laden with more appeal, which carried 1.7 million passengers per day. Annually, people who were satisfied rose by one percent. 116 bus lines were newly developed, the coverage of areas where there is at least one station (including subway stations) within the range of 500 meters reached 93 percent and the net increase of transport capacity equaled to 1,063 new buses. The efficiency of public transportation was greatly enhanced with the length of bus lanes increasing from 10 km to 100 km and the operation speed rising to 14 km/h during peak hours. Parking facilities were also optimized. In 70 old communities of central downtown, parking lots were renovated while 9,400-odd new spaces came into existence. 145 thousand reserved parking spaces were increased, among which more than 9,000 were for public use. 1,400-odd places were established for the deposit of 36 thousand public bikes, which were rented by over 100 million people. Year by year, slow traffic system was gradually perfected with 26 underpasses in places like the No.1 Hospital, Women and Children Hospital and the Southern Business District of Yinzhou already constructed. Accompanied by the improvement of traffic order is a consensus to travel in line with traffic rules. In key routes of congestion control, over 90 percent of automobile drivers conform to the law while over 80 percent of non-motor drivers and pedestrians are law-abiding. Work such as renovation of shop trucks and parking is conducted to maintain good traffic order. 24 districts are designated to operate circulatory traffic, 139 one-way roads are developed and the coverage of goods-forbidden areas reaches 191 square kilometers. From today on, you can log into the specific website ( http //nb81850000.mikecrm.com/Su5a0lQ) to voice your suggestions or opinions. Alternatively, you can send the opinions to nbzdbgz 163.com with your name and contact information attached.

LINK:	http://en.nbwh.gov.cn/art/2017/2/20/art_1325_93499.html...
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