About a hundred experts gathered in Qingdao, Shandong Province to discuss the "green" transformation of China's urban public transportation . Photo by Cai Yaqun
China News Service Qingdao August 20 (Reporter Hu Yaojie) The "New Energy Bus High-Quality Lines" Experience Exchange Meeting and the 2022 Public Transport Better China Tour (Qingdao Station) event kicked off on the 19th in Qingdao, Shandong, attracting About a hundred guests including relevant experts, scholars, and industry figures gathered together to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by China's urban public transportation industry on the road to "green" and "smart" transformation.
It is reported that as an important part of the "My Bus, My City" theme activity of the Ministry of Transport of China, the "New Energy Bus High-Quality Lines" activity aims to provide industry development by exploring excellent cases of new energy bus operation practices in various places. Useful experience reference. At the
conference, Liu Xianglong, director of the Intelligent Transportation Department of the Urban Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Ministry of Transport of China, said that at present, the transformation and development of China's urban bus industry can be described as both opportunities and challenges.
Liu Xianglong said that the transformation of China's urban public transportation industry faces four challenges: competition from other transportation modes such as private motorization, recurrence of epidemics and normalization of prevention and control, sustainability of fiscal and tax subsidy policies, and insufficient own competitiveness. But at the same time, there are also four opportunities to build a powerful transportation country, achieve dual carbon goals, accelerate the integration and application of high and new technologies, and incorporate the "Urban Public Transport Regulations" into the annual legislative plan of the State Council.
Liu Xianglong believes that giving priority to public transportation determines the sustainable future of the city and will promote the high-quality development of urban public transportation. In the future, for the transformation and development of the urban bus industry, the positioning of different urban types of buses should be further clarified, the digital transformation of bus companies should be accelerated, and a rich and diverse service product system should be provided. At the same time, attention should be paid to comprehensive resource development and diversified operations, as well as openness Collaborative and integrated development, taking multiple measures simultaneously, and leveraging global scientific and technological development achievements to promote the transformation and development of the urban bus industry.
Director of the New Energy Research Institute of Yutong Group Li Gaopeng said that public transportation carries basic service functions and also carries people’s yearning for a happy life, and the update of people’s travel concepts is a necessary prerequisite for the new development of public transportation. .
Li Yongmei, editor-in-chief of China Transportation Newspaper , said that as of the end of 2021, there were approximately 75,800 bus and tram lines in operation in Chinese cities, with bus and tram passenger volume completing nearly 50 billion passengers throughout the year and operating mileage exceeding 33.5 billion kilometers.
It is reported that the event was hosted by Shandong Provincial Department of Transportation and China Communications News. This year's "New Energy Bus High-Quality Lines" activity was launched in March 2021. A total of 89 lines from 50 operating companies passed the preliminary selection. After expert selection, 20 of them stood out. The "New Energy Bus High-Quality Routes" event has been held for four consecutive years, with registered routes covering more than 100 cities in 30 provinces across the country.
The Ministry of Transport of China has organized the "My Bus, My City" theme activity since 2016, and has visited 29 cities across the country, including Qingdao in Shandong, Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Xi'an in Shaanxi, and Wuhan in Hubei, to promote good experiences in public transportation development in various places. , good practices, exchanges and discussions on the opportunities and challenges faced by the industry, aiming to create an atmosphere in the whole society that cares about urban development, supports public transportation priority, and advocates green travel. (End)
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