China News Service, Beijing, February 9th (Reporter Du Yan) The Beijing Municipal Commission of Transportation said today that during the 2021 Spring Festival holiday, all toll roads in Beijing will be exempted from tolls for passenger vehicles with less than 7 seats (including 7 seats). The free pass is from 0:00 on February 11 to 24:00 on February 17, 2021.

During the Spring Festival holiday, we will focus on strictly investigating various violations of traffic epidemic prevention measures, affecting the order of transportation, and infringing on the legitimate interests of passengers in areas such as business districts, scenic spots, leisure and entertainment venues, and crack down on all kinds of "black cars."

Low passenger traffic in and out of Beijing 10 days before the Spring Festival

　　The Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission stated that during the Spring Festival holiday, due to multiple factors such as advocating citizens to spend the New Year in Beijing and not going to Beijing if they are not necessary, the traffic volume in Beijing will be significantly reduced on the 10th before the Spring Festival in 2021.

　　According to statistics, from January 28th to February 6th, in terms of intercity traffic, 111,000 passengers boarded and boarded trains on the railway every day, and 50,200 civil aviation inbound and outbound passengers per day, an average decrease of more than 80% compared with 2019. In terms of urban traffic, The daily average passenger volume of ground public transport was 5.036 million, and the average daily passenger volume of rail transit was 6,122,300, a decrease of about 40% compared with the average of 2019; the daily average of highway traffic was 1,442,300, a decrease of 29% compared with 2019.

During the Spring Festival, Beijing's transportation department carried out law enforcement inspections for epidemic prevention and control to prevent the spread and spread of the epidemic through transportation.

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　It is estimated that the daily average traffic volume of expressway is 1.2 million vehicles

　　The Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission stated that during the Spring Festival holiday in 2021, all toll roads in Beijing will be exempted from tolls for passenger vehicles with less than 7 seats (including 7 seats), and the free pass will be from 0:00 to 2 on February 11, 2021. At 24:00 on the 17th, expressways are based on the time of the networked toll system when vehicles leave the exit toll lane; ordinary highways are based on the time when vehicles pass through the toll lane of the toll station.

　　It is estimated that during the Spring Festival holiday, the average daily traffic volume of expressways will be about 1.2 million vehicles, an increase of about 20% over the same period last year, and a decrease of about 30% compared with the Spring Festival holiday in 2019. The peak daily traffic volume will be around 1.4 million vehicles.

　　Due to the severe epidemic prevention and control situation, the control measures for entering and leaving Beijing are more stringent. It is expected that the traffic pressure on the checkpoint sections of major expressways such as Beijing-Tibet, Beijing-Chengdu, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, Beijing-kai, and Beijing-Shanghai will be relatively high during the later period of the holiday.

　Severely crack down on all kinds of "black cars" to protect citizens' safe travel

　　Since the beginning of the Spring Festival this year, the Beijing Municipal Transportation Comprehensive Law Enforcement Corps has carried out law enforcement inspections on epidemic prevention and control in key industries such as online car-hailing, cruise taxis, inter-provincial passenger transportation, rail transit, and cold chain transportation to prevent the spread and spread of the epidemic through transportation. Centering on hot spots such as transportation yards, commercial districts, scenic spots, major roads in and out of Beijing, and overtaking sites, severely crack down on illegal activities such as taxis, two passengers and one danger, as well as over-limit transportation, and road-related illegal construction. Various illegal operations such as "black net car-hailing", "black parade car" and cross-provincial passenger transportation "black car".

Since the beginning of the Spring Festival, more than 11,000 law enforcement officers have been dispatched to inspect 34,000 various types of transportation vehicles, and more than 1,500 violations of various laws and regulations have been investigated, of which more than 1,100 various types of "black vehicles" have been seized.

　　During the Spring Festival holiday, the Beijing Municipal Traffic and Transportation Comprehensive Law Enforcement Corps will focus on areas where festival activities such as commercial districts, scenic spots, leisure and entertainment venues are concentrated, and strictly investigate all kinds of illegal activities that violate traffic epidemic prevention measures, affect the order of transportation, and violate the legitimate interests of passengers , To crack down on all kinds of "black cars" to ensure that the general public will have a safe and peaceful New Year in Beijing.

　　The Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission also stated that it will prepare for the delayed operation of return passenger flows around the railway station and airport.

In terms of rail transit, we will combine passenger characteristics and the actual situation of outbound and return passenger flows, and focus on the targeted passenger flow to deal with it. Line 2, Line 4, Line 7, Line 9, Capital Airport Line, Daxing Airport Line, etc. Preparations for delayed operation of the line; in terms of ground public transportation, during the peak period of passenger flow returning to Beijing after the holiday, according to the demand of passenger flow and the situation of passengers arriving in Beijing at night, the mobile capacity of night shift lines around key railway stations will be increased, and the number of trains will be increased to shorten the departure interval; Taxi dispatching stations and taxi drivers at stations and airports should do a good job of prevention and control of the epidemic to ensure safe travel of passengers.

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