China News Service, Beijing, March 6 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission today that as of March 5, the 40-day Spring Festival Transport work in 2024 was successfully concluded.
During the 2024 Spring Festival travel period (January 26 to March 5), the total number of intercity transportation trips in Beijing exceeded 100 million, reaching 105 million.
Generally speaking, during this year’s Spring Festival, Beijing gave full play to the advantages of departmental linkage and urban collaborative working mechanisms, and coordinated efforts of various transportation modes. The “seven stations and two” connection services were overall orderly, and the transportation services in areas with cultural tourism activities were generally stable. Urban traffic operates safely and smoothly, achieving the goals of safe, convenient and warm Spring Festival travel.
The total number of intercity transportation trips is 105 million
The 2024 Spring Festival Transport is the Spring Festival Transport with the strongest travel demand and the largest flow volume among citizens in recent years.
Intercity transportation reached a new high, and commercial passenger traffic rebounded across the board.
In terms of intercity transportation, the total passenger flow in and out of Beijing by self-driving roads, railways, civil aviation, and inter-provincial highways was 105 million, an increase of 37% and 7% respectively compared with 2023 and 2019.
On expressways, the traffic volume totaled 81.75 million vehicles, an increase of 5% and 12% respectively compared with 2023 and 2019.
In terms of public transportation, passenger traffic was stable, with a total of 540 million passengers.
Highway self-driving and railway passenger traffic account for a large proportion.
Highway self-driving, railway, civil aviation, and interprovincial passenger transport account for 52.5%, 34.5%, 12.5%, and 0.5% of the total intercity passenger transport volume respectively.
The proportion of railways in commercial transportation increased to 72.7%.
Passenger flow at key stations is concentrated and traffic pressure is high on some road sections.
Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing Railway Station, Beijing Fengtai Station, and Beijing Chaoyang Station accounted for 30.9%, 28.0%, 12.7%, 10.8%, and 8.1% of the railway passenger traffic respectively. Capital Airport and Daxing Airport accounted for 30% of the civil aviation passenger traffic respectively. 57%, 43%.
Among them, Daxing Airport has reached a new high in passenger flow since its opening, with 162,000 passengers on the peak day (February 16, the seventh day of the first lunar month).
Looking at the four directions of highway self-driving, the southeast direction has the largest passenger flow in and out of Beijing, with 24.3 million passengers, accounting for 44%; followed by the southwest direction, with 17.75 million passengers, accounting for 32%.
The passenger flow in and out of Beijing has obvious phase characteristics, forming three peaks in and out of Beijing.
Before the holiday, "more people leave and less people enter". On February 7 (the 28th of the twelfth lunar month), the peak of passenger flow out of Beijing before the holiday was reached. A total of 2.99 million people entered and left Beijing by road, railway, civil aviation, and inter-provincial passenger transport, of which 1.96 million people traveled out of Beijing. .
After the holidays, "less trips out, more trips in". The first post-holiday peak return to Beijing occurred on February 17 (the eighth day of the first lunar month), with 3.65 million people entering and leaving Beijing, including 2.29 million people entering Beijing.
On February 25 (the 16th day of the first lunar month), there was a second small peak of post-holiday returns to Beijing, with 3.2 million people entering and leaving Beijing, including 1.92 million entering Beijing.
Scientific organization and dispatch of transportation department
During the Spring Festival travel rush, the Beijing transportation department scientifically organized dispatching, optimized and improved transportation capacity, carefully arranged services, and focused on transportation connections to effectively meet the requirements of passenger travel and key material transportation, and ensure smooth city operations.
In terms of highway self-driving, we will provide traffic service guarantees for the 17 expressways entering and exiting Beijing.
Passenger cars are free to pass during the Spring Festival holiday, and all lanes at toll stations are open; public security, transportation departments, and expressway operating companies work together to strengthen road network monitoring and dispatch, strengthen traffic diversion and remote diversion, and deploy rescue forces in advance to ensure quick recovery in case of accidents.
In terms of "seven stations and two stations", the railway department actively tapped potential to supplement peak transportation capacity and ensure passenger demand in key directions and areas with concentrated passenger flow. The passenger flow in and out of Beijing at the seven major railway stations was 36.16 million.
The civil aviation department carried out joint monitoring and collaborative processing of key flight support links to ensure punctuality. The two major airports had a passenger flow of 13.04 million passengers in and out of Beijing.
Key station areas, public security, transportation and other departments, as well as relevant districts and guarantee enterprises, will strengthen passenger flow information sharing and situation consultation, and do a good job in service guarantee according to the "one station, one site, one policy".
Unconventional safeguard measures have been adopted for public transportation. 10 lines of rail transit have been delayed in operation, and Line 7 will not stop running on the night of February 17. The 124 lines of ground buses passing through the railway station have been equipped with 367 more buses every day, and many more lines have been opened. Ferry lines.
Taxis and online ride-hailing have strengthened dispatching and "point keeping".
The airport operates a charity bus to ensure safety.
In terms of inter-provincial passenger transport, we need to consolidate the main responsibilities of operating companies and passenger terminal companies, refine and improve passenger transport organization plans and emergency plans, guide passengers to arrive at stations at different times and during off-peak hours, optimize on-site streamline organization, and coordinate with traffic control departments to strengthen surrounding road guidance to avoid The passenger terminal has a large passenger flow and surrounding traffic congestion.
In terms of ground buses, 22 ground bus tourist lines have been opened around important points such as temple fairs, key business districts, and three major cultural buildings in the sub-center to strengthen connections between popular areas.
In terms of rail transportation, additional passenger services have been added during key periods, and the operating hours of 10 lines have been extended. The passenger transportation organization of key stations such as Yonghe Temple and Xidan has been refined, and temporary safety measures such as station closures and traffic restrictions have been adopted in a timely manner.
In terms of rental, we will improve the rental capacity guarantee plan and plan, organize cruise car companies, party member fleets and establish online car-hailing guarantee fleets to ensure "guaranteed" transportation during the key periods of "seven stops and two games".
In terms of highway facilities, we will make every effort to inspect and maintain roads, bridges, toll stations and other facilities.
Strengthen the dynamic monitoring and on-site inspection of 27 city-managed overpasses around temple fairs and important scenic spots, and conduct inspections of bridges at night to ensure the safety of overpasses in response to large passenger flows.
In terms of cargo and mail transportation, the "major arteries" of transportation and logistics and the "microcirculation" at the end of the city are ensured to be smooth, and fresh agricultural products and other production and living materials are well transported. The highway is open to traffic for 110,000 vehicles.
The postal department guides express delivery companies to rationally arrange production and operations and make every effort to ensure continuous Internet access during the Spring Festival.
Traffic, traffic control, and road industry departments at all levels are on duty to ensure safety and stability.
In terms of transportation law enforcement, the Beijing Transportation Comprehensive Law Enforcement Corps carries out special rectification operations for taxis, road passenger transportation, motor vehicle maintenance, freight transportation and hazard elimination, strengthens inspections and duties, and effectively maintains the order of the transportation environment.
During the Spring Festival travel rush, a total of 33,000 law enforcement personnel were dispatched, a total of 5,500 violations of laws and regulations in the transportation industry were seized, and 970 illegally operated "black cars" of various types were seized.
In terms of static transportation, we will increase the parking supply in key scenic spots and business districts, and add temporary parking spaces around key areas such as the three major buildings in the sub-center to guide vehicles in and out in an orderly manner and park in a standardized manner; targeting the Tiananmen area, temple fairs, tourist attractions, parks and scenic spots, In the areas surrounding rail transit stations, organize shared bicycle companies to strengthen operation and maintenance dispatch.
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