China News Service, Hangzhou, February 9 (Wang Yifei) The Spring Festival travel season is underway. The reporter learned from the Hangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau that during this year’s Spring Festival, the city’s transportation department launched a “combination punch” of transportation guarantees at important hubs such as train stations and airports to allow passengers to walk well and fast and improve their travel experience.
Taxis guarantee Spring Festival transportation. Photo courtesy of Hangzhou Transportation
In the past two days, Hangzhou’s Spring Festival travel data has continued to remain high. On February 7, the total passenger volume of comprehensive transportation in Hangzhou reached 5.347 million, which was 138.6% of the same period in 2023. On February 8, the number was 4.273 million, which was 144.3% of the same period in 2023.
During the Spring Festival, in terms of taxi capacity guarantee, the Hangzhou transportation department has raised 1,329 cruise taxis from 30 cruise companies to form an emergency guarantee capacity that is always on standby, and implemented a 24-hour emergency duty system. Relevant online ride-hailing platforms will implement a dynamic price increase adjustment mechanism to leverage price and increase the online ride-hailing order acceptance rate. The platform will also use publicity and heat map guidance to guide online ride-hailing drivers to airports and other places with greater demand for transportation capacity. Regional orders.
At Hangzhou Airport, passengers can rely on Hangzhou Airport’s “Worry-Free Night Travel” official carpooling and chartering service to achieve “one-stop home delivery”. During the Spring Festival, based on the original 40 commercial vehicles, the airport will further increase transportation capacity, optimize vehicle configurations, and improve the price system based on passenger needs to provide passengers with "door-to-door" services at favorable prices.
It is predicted that the peak return passenger flow during the Spring Festival will occur from February 15th to 17th. At that time, Hangzhou Airport Bus will further increase the number of flights based on passenger transportation needs. After the subway is suspended at night and taxis and online ride-hailing services are insufficient, the transportation needs of stranded passengers during peak passenger flow will also be solved.
In addition, starting from 0:00 on February 16, Hangzhou Public Transport Group will launch the "Orange Warm Bus" service based on the arrival times of overtime trains at Hangzhou East Railway Station, Hangzhou South Railway Station and Hangzhou Railway Station to provide services for those arriving at the station at night. Passengers are provided with heart-warming bus travel services. At the same time, it plans to adjust the departure times of many lines and gradually extend the service hours of some lines to meet the travel needs of passengers returning to Hangzhou at night. (over)