Beijing city car-free zone limit line 7h

The three areas of Wangfujing Street, Nanluoguxiang, and Olympic Center will be designated as car-free areas, and the traffic control department will adopt temporary traffic control measures. The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission yesterday that tomorrow is the day when there is no car in the Chinese city. In addition to the extension of previous years, the car-free zone advocates car-free travel, and the city will also carry out a number of green travel activities.

Since its launch for the first time in 2007, China’s urban car-free day campaign has always upheld the concept of green transportation development. Up to now, China has committed 171 cities to participate in activities, and the influence of non-car activities has been increasing year by year.

Three areas will be set as advocacy car-free areas. Wangfujing Street (Dengshikou Street to Dongsi West Street), Nanluogu Lane (Gulou East Street to Di'anmen Street), Olympic Central Road - Olinxi Road, Beichen West Road, North Fourth Ring Road, North Star The area enclosed by East Road, Olin East Road and the North Fifth Ring (excluding the above roads) will only be open to pedestrians and bicycles from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Relevant person in charge of the transportation department stated that the above areas are set for advocating car-free travel, and it is not compulsory to require vehicles to be banned. The traffic control department will adopt temporary traffic control measures, such as setting cone buckets to close roads during the event, to discourage cross-boundary vehicles from bypassing and do a good job of traffic grooming around roads in the active area. And to maximize the staff on the road duty, do a good job in the maintenance of three traffic-free regional traffic order, to ensure the orderly development of activities.

In addition, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the car-free day, the traffic control department will arrange maintenance and management forces to carry out pre-governance in accordance with the characteristics of the region and the actual traffic conditions surrounding it, and severely crack down on all types of illegal parking activities. For illegal parking, such as pressure blind roads, trails, and parking at intersections, trailers will be forced to clear.

The theme of this year's no-car day event is "Green Transportation - Choice, Change, Fusion." Emphasis is placed on the necessity of building a variety of transportation modes, improving public transport services and green travel environments, facilitating people to choose green transportation methods such as public transportation, walking and cycling, and changing the mode of traffic development that relies too much on car travel.

14 bus lines to extend operation time

The transportation department stated that it will do a good job in related preparations to create a good public transport, bicycle and walking environment, and urges the public not to drive on the day of “No Car Day” and choose a greener mode of transportation. In order to ensure that the public travels normally on the day of no-car day, the subway system will temporarily increase the number of temporary trains according to the passenger flow; 14 bus lines will extend the operation time to match the no-car days.

In order to ensure that people can travel green in a more convenient way, the transportation department has extended the operating time of 14 lines through the opening of a new "prescriptive" prefix micro-circulation line, promoted business shuttles, quickly reached direct lines, and launched a batch of real-time bus inquiries, etc. Bus service measures to improve public transport operations and attractiveness.

At the same time, during the peak passenger flow period, more flexible dispatching measures such as issuing bus trips, issuing shuttle buses, large station express trains, adding rail-bound passenger trains, and extending operating hours were adopted to increase passenger flow collection and distribution capabilities. Increase civilized vehicle supervision at the large passenger flow site and maintain a civilized ride order. Increase the inspection and maintenance of operational equipment such as vehicles, signals, security gates, and escalators, and eliminate the occurrence of failures that seriously affect operations.

If the bus lanes with strong social repercussions are occupied, the traffic control department will insist on strict law enforcement to crack down on social vehicles invading and occupying bus lanes and ensure that public traffic rights are prioritized.

5 fast direct lines opened today

Beijing Public Transport Group will open 5 new public transportation lines quickly to further facilitate the public’s morning and evening peak commuting and promote the public’s green travel concept.

The 5 new lines launched this time, the early morning peaks are Yanhua Star City, Xizhimen Subway Station, Pingxi Palace, Baiziwan Homeland, and R&F Festival Walk.

Detailed line information such as departure time and stops can be registered by the public at the official website of the Beijing Bus Group, or they can follow the official Weibo and Wechat queries of the bus group.