China News Service, February 21 (Xinhua) According to the official Weibo of the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission, affected by the snowfall from the 20th to the 21st, traffic pressure on the urban road network has increased, and highways have been affected by adverse weather such as rain, snow, and low visibility. Relevant bus routes in mountainous areas will adopt operational adjustment measures such as sectioning and suspension. The Beijing Municipal Transportation Department has arranged emergency response measures in advance, actively removing ice and snow on highways, ensuring public transportation capacity, and ensuring station connections. Currently, all roads temporarily controlled by snowfall are operating normally, and buses and subways have sufficient capacity and are running smoothly. Orderly.
In terms of highway emergencies, ice and snow removal forces are fully prepared and snow melting agents are spread in advance. As of 9:00 on the 21st, highway and general highway management and maintenance units and 10 suburban highway branches have dispatched a total of 7,521 ice and snow removal emergency forces. , 2,509 units of snow removal machinery were used, and 25,033 tons of snow melting agent were spread. After working hard all night, the goal of "blackening the road surface" of expressways and roads above the county level was basically completed. All roads temporarily controlled due to snowfall in the early stage are open to traffic normally.
In terms of public transportation guarantees, we must ensure safety, strengthen safety education for bus drivers before leaving the bus, strengthen safety guarantees on mountainous routes, and strengthen route surveys and inspections before the first train; conduct technical maintenance of rail transit signaling systems and vehicles, and strengthen rail transit Ground line inspections are carried out to remove snow in a timely manner; turnout snow melting devices are turned on in a timely manner to prevent contact rails from freezing; ground elevated lines strictly implement the "one line, one policy" operation guarantee measure, reasonably control vehicle speeds, and ensure operational safety. Implement transportation capacity guarantee. Rail transit has increased its morning and evening peak transportation capacity and extended its peak operating hours. On the morning of the 21st, 28 sets of rolling stock rolling stock for 10 ground elevated lines were put on line ahead of schedule. Trains on ground elevated lines are all operated manually and at reduced speeds. Line 2 Beijing Station The Beijing West Railway Station of Line 7 and Line 9 will open 30 minutes in advance, and the morning peak capacity will be extended at the same time. Ground buses reserve mobile transport capacity, strengthen real-time monitoring and command, prepare emergency transport capacity at any time, ensure morning peak commute transport capacity, strengthen transport capacity guarantee for key lines and areas, and issue an additional 300 trains.
In terms of continuous transportation guarantee, based on the passenger flow situation of railways and civil aviation, we will coordinate the subway delays around key stations and allocate ground buses, taxis, and online transportation capacity. Subway Line 4, the Capital Airport Line, and the Daxing Airport Line will extend their operations by one hour, with a total transportation 5456 visitors. The public transportation group has strengthened the deployment of transportation capacity, increased the backup capacity, shortened the departure interval, extended the operating routes, and added more than 100 backup vehicles to the 110 on weekdays, transporting a total of more than 11,000 passengers. The Beijing Municipal Transportation Department actively coordinated with rental companies, party members' fleets and other cruise vehicles to coordinate the distribution of rental forces. A total of 4,100 rental cruise vehicles entered the station at seven stations at night and carried more than 6,300 passengers.
In the next step, the Beijing Municipal Transportation Department will do a good job in ensuring bus safety services after snow. On the one hand, it will pay close attention to the windy and cooling weather, urge and guide public transportation operating companies to conduct inspection and maintenance of facilities, equipment and vehicles, and strictly enforce the safety of front-line drivers and dispatchers. We urge you to control your speed reasonably and drive safely. On the other hand, we should ensure travel during the evening peak, strengthen passenger flow monitoring, increase transport capacity allocation, increase the frequency of bus departures, implement passenger travel service guarantee measures, and ensure smooth and orderly transportation order.
The Beijing Municipal Transportation Department reminds the general public to pay attention to weather changes, arrange travel plans reasonably, try to travel off-peak, give priority to public transportation, and pay attention to travel safety.