[Commentary] Starting from 0:00 on May 6, toll roads across the country will resume toll collection. In response to the operation of the expressway toll system after toll recovery, on April 30, Wu Dejin, Director of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, said at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Transport that the local transportation authorities and highway management units have further The highway toll collection system has been improved, policies have been optimized, and services have been improved. The system has been optimized and upgraded.
[Same period] Wu Dejin, Director of Highway Bureau, Ministry of Transport
Accelerate the optimization and improvement of system functions, focusing on ETC lane fee display, network-wide central system and provincial system optimization and upgrade, hardware equipment operation and maintenance guarantee, etc., and strive to achieve accurate billing of the system.
[Explanation] In addition, various local transportation authorities and highway management units will also implement measures such as "promoting the clearing of inventory problems, continuous adjustment and optimization policies, full-scale vehicle testing, and full-service optimization services."
In terms of optimizing services, Wu Dejin said that 30 provinces (including Tibet) across the country provide toll fee inquiry services such as applets, APPs, or WeChat public accounts for the public.
[Same period] Wu Dejin, Director of Highway Bureau, Ministry of Transport
Standardize bank deduction text messages, realize the combined printing of toll invoices in the form of summary slips, and realize "one pass, one bill, one deduction, one notice, one bill". At the same time, establish a fast complaint handling mechanism, increase customer service agents, improve customer service connection rate and timely handling rate, and strive to improve service levels.
[Commentary] At the meeting, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport Wu Chungeng reported on the economic operation of the transportation in the first quarter. He introduced that the main indicators of transportation in the first quarter have all dropped sharply, with passenger traffic falling by more than 50%.
[Same period] Wu Chungeng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport
In the first quarter, 1.85 billion passengers completed business operations, a year-on-year decrease of 58.4%. The passenger traffic of public transportation in 36 central cities across the country was 6.74 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 56.7%. Freight volume has dropped significantly. In the first quarter, the operating freight volume completed was 7.82 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 18.4%, and port cargo throughput and container throughput also declined year-on-year.
[Explanation] Wu Chungeng said that this year, transportation companies are generally facing losses, and the international transportation environment is becoming severe. The epidemic has brought a huge impact on transportation. In April, with the further acceleration of the resumption of production and production, the degree of recovery of the main indicators of transportation economic operation continued to increase, the adverse effects of the epidemic situation are gradually being resolved, and the industry is accelerating the normal operation track.
Reporter Xu Pengpeng reports from Beijing
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