China News Agency, Beijing, January 17 (Reporter Zhou Yin) The 40-day Spring Festival travel officially started on the 17th.
The reporter learned from the special class for the Spring Festival travel work of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China that on the first day of the Spring Festival travel, the country is expected to send 24.89 million passengers.
Among them, railways are expected to send 5.25 million passengers, 18.5 million by road, 360,000 by water, and 780,000 by civil aviation.
The national expressway is expected to flow 29.4082 million vehicles.
The 2022 Spring Festival travel starts, and the picture shows passengers waiting for the bus.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wei Liang
According to changes in the epidemic situation at home and abroad, it is estimated that 1.18 billion passengers will be sent across the country during the Spring Festival in 2022, with an average of 29.5 million passengers per day, an increase of 35.6% from 2021, a decrease of 20.3% from 2020, and a decrease of 60.4% from 2019.
According to the Ministry of Transport of China, this year's Spring Festival transportation will be characterized by "low-to-mid-level passenger flow, little change in passenger flow composition, relatively concentrated post-holiday travel, and tidal distribution in time and space". There is a great pressure on emergency support, great pressure on road network security, and great pressure on transportation service security.
In the face of the recent local outbreak of clustered epidemics in many parts of the country, the Ministry of Transport has launched fifteen measures: First, decisively cut off inter-provincial and inter-city road passenger transport services.
The second is to strengthen the management of urban passenger transport epidemic prevention.
The third is to scientifically set up checkpoints for epidemic prevention.
The fourth is to strictly implement the various requirements for the prevention and control of key links.
Fifth, ensure the smooth transportation of emergency supplies.
Sixth, strengthen port epidemic prevention and control.
The seventh is to implement a 24-hour on-duty system for emergency transportation.
Eighth, strengthen epidemic prevention and control at transportation stations.
The ninth is to strengthen the prevention and control of the epidemic situation in means of transportation.
Tenth, make emergency preparedness for emergency prevention and control.
Eleventh is to effectively organize passenger transportation.
Twelve is to do a good job in the pre-departure guidance of key passenger flows.
The thirteenth is to strengthen the service guarantee for key passengers.
Fourteenth is to strengthen road network operation service guarantee.
Fifteenth is to strengthen transportation safety production.
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