What’s the big deal with Spring Festival travel rush？ Multi-sectoral innovation initiatives
CCTV News:The State Council Press Office held a press conference on the 18th, inviting Lian Weiliang, deputy director of the Development and Reform Commission, Liu Xiaoming, deputy director of the Ministry of Transport, Li Jiangping, head of the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, Su Jie, director and spokesperson of the Comprehensive Coordination Department of Work Safety of the Emergency Management Department, Yan Hexiang, chief engineer and spokesperson of the State Railway Administration, Dong Zhiyi, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and Li Wenxin, deputy general manager of the Railway Corporation, to introduce the situation and work arrangements in Spring Festival travel rush in 2019, and answer questions from reporters.
A reporter asked: The pre-holiday tension and the pre-holiday passenger flow pressure are very great. Every year, Spring Festival travel rush is a big exam for all departments. What big moves will we put in this year’s big exam? What are the innovative measures? Can let passengers feel the change directly on their way home, so that everyone can go home for the New Year smoothly, thank you.
Lian Weiliang introduced that the passenger flow pressure in Spring Festival travel rush this year is very high, and one of the important reasons is that the passenger flow of workers and students overlap with each other. In order to solve this problem, all relevant departments have taken many innovative measures. In short, it is four words: increase, divide, unite and optimize. Increasing means increasing transport capacity, dividing means dispersing passenger flow, combining means intermodal linkage, and optimizing service.
The first is to increase the capacity. This year, the total passenger capacity of Spring Festival travel rush Railway has increased by more than 5%, of which the high-speed train sets have increased by more than 17%, and passenger trains have been added in key directions and important periods. Just now, Mr. Li introduced that there are more than 100 pairs of night trains. There is also civil aviation, and the frequency is expected to increase by 10%. Pilot projects to extend the operation time and increase the supply of transportation capacity will be carried out at ten hub airports such as Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
The second is to disperse passenger flow. There are 180 million migrant workers in China, and there are nearly 30 million students in colleges and universities. Our local trade unions have concentrated on providing targeted services for migrant workers, actively coordinating employers to scientifically arrange holidays and start work, and trying to avoid the peak in Spring Festival travel rush. In recent years, it has become a common practice for our colleges and universities to have a peak holiday. Taking Beijing as an example, 900,000 students in major universities have a holiday in an orderly manner for three weeks from January 7 to January 27, effectively dispersing the flow of students.
The third is intermodal linkage. To strengthen the connection between different modes of transport, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other places have opened "reserved buses", and some cities have established "off-site terminals" to provide intermodal services between different modes of transport, so as to smooth the first and last mile of passenger travel. To strengthen the effective connection between intercity traffic and urban traffic, Beijing South Railway Station, tianjin railway station, etc. have realized joint safety inspection between stations and subways, and 50 railway stations across the country have realized inter-station transfer, which has facilitated passengers’ travel to the maximum extent.
The fourth is to optimize services. Just now, the railway department has introduced some new functions for online ticket sales, such as scanning code login, "brushing face" verification, alternate ticket purchase, etc., and realized self-checking of second-generation ID cards in qualified railway stations. Civil aviation promotes "paperless" travel at major airports across the country. Trade unions at all levels carried out "Warm Current Action" to provide convenient services for returning migrant workers, while the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League carried out "Warm Winter Action" and organized 230,000 volunteers to serve Spring Festival travel rush in 23,000 posts. Through the implementation of such measures, we will do our best to create good conditions for passengers to travel safely and smoothly.
Liu Xiaoming said that as early as September and October last year, the Ministry of Transport, together with relevant departments, the State Railway Administration, the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the China Railway Corporation, made arrangements for related work, giving full play to the comparative advantages of various modes, and at the same time, strengthening the effective connection between various modes of transportation, so that people can go home more smoothly. We have mainly adopted the measures of "four guarantees" to make the work in Spring Festival travel rush safer and the service level and quality higher.
The first is to ensure safety. We continued to carry out seven special safety actions, such as civilized driving of van drivers and safety protection of roads and bridges. Together with the emergency management department and other departments, we organized eight Spring Festival travel rush safety and service inspection teams to carry out unannounced inspections and supervision, and arranged 14 key provinces to carry out cross-inspection of safety and services, focusing on "two passengers and one danger" vehicles, rural passenger transport, key bridges, passenger hubs, rail transit, ground transportation, water terminals, rural ferries and "six districts and one line".
The second is to ensure capacity. Just now, even the director has introduced the situation of airport and railway capacity guarantee. The transportation department has deeply tapped the transportation potential and organized all localities to put more than 810,000 buses into operation, with nearly 21 million seats; There are about 20,000 passenger ships with about 1 million seats, and the supply of transport capacity is sufficient.
The third is to ensure convergence. Give full play to the advantages of big transportation and big service, and sort out and summarize the information of 307 pairs of passenger trains in Spring Festival travel rush, 105.5 pairs of temporary emus at night, more than 100,000 night flights, and more than 90 night passenger shifts on waterways in key waters, so as to guide local cities to do a good job in capacity docking by means of public transport, rail transit, taxis, etc., and to do a good job in the last mile connection, so as to ensure that passengers can sit when they get off the plane, the railway and the boat.
The fourth is to ensure smooth flow. Strengthen the monitoring of highway network operation, timely release the real-time traffic situation of important channels and key nodes, and guide passengers to travel in peak hours. We predict that the traffic volume of road network may increase by 6% during Spring Festival travel rush in 2019 & mdash; 7%, the expressway export flow will increase by 9%-10%, about 1.18 billion trips. We will strengthen business cooperation with the public security department, do a good job in prior consultation and joint logistics linkage of traffic control, strengthen the traffic management of toll stations, improve the efficiency of vehicle traffic, and ensure that large-scale congestion does not occur.
Spring Festival travel rush is the peak period with the most concentrated passenger flow in a year. Here I also give you two tips: First, we should always pay attention to the travel information and the operation of the road network, travel at the wrong peak and travel in a civilized way. Second, we must refuse illegal operations, stay away from danger, and ensure that the road to reunion is safe and smooth.
Dong Zhiyi said that this year, civil aviation in Spring Festival travel rush is expected to transport 73 million passengers, up 12% year-on-year, the highest growth rate in the past five years. In order to ensure the smooth travel of the vast number of passengers, we are prepared to take three favorable measures:
First, airlines arrange more overtime. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, it is estimated that the number of overtime flights will reach more than 35,000, including 34,000 for airlines, 29,000 for domestic routes, 1,400 for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan routes and 3,000 for international routes. We will also constantly adjust the temporary operating flights according to airline demand and market demand.
Second, arrange more flights at the airport. In order to meet the needs of large-flow and high-density flight operation during Spring Festival travel rush, the time capacity of each airport is temporarily adjusted, and 5% more time can be arranged at busy airports than usual; Other airports can increase the total volume of Spring Festival travel rush by 30% compared with last year, or add four more flights per hour than usual.
Third, arrange some hot cities to run all night. This is also a new feature for us this year. Ten large airports, including Pudong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Kunming, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Xi ‘an, Urumqi and Sanya, arrange a certain number of flights from 1 am to 6 am throughout Spring Festival travel rush for 40 days to cope with the possible peak passenger travel and relieve the previous passenger detention and congestion. This is a new measure introduced by Spring Festival travel rush this year.
By taking these measures, it is estimated that the daily average number of civil aviation flights will reach about 15,600 during the period of Spring Festival travel rush this year. In other words, we have 15,600 planes flying in the sky every day, and the number of seats we can provide every day exceeds 2.25 million. We can transport 90 million passengers in these 40 days, and we think it can fully meet the market demand. At the same time, we will pay close attention to the structural contradiction between supply and demand in some special periods in some areas and take timely control measures. At the same time, we also suggest that the majority of passengers arrange their travel plans as soon as possible, pay close attention to relevant developments and try their best to travel at the wrong peak.
Li Wenxin said that before the holiday, the national railways are expected to send 143.8 million passengers, up 8.9% year-on-year, with a daily average of 9.59 million passengers. We take three main measures:
First, scientifically arrange pre-holiday transportation capacity. Director Lian has already introduced the transportation capacity. Before the railway festival, the average daily seating capacity reached 9.42 million seats, an increase of 480,000 seats year-on-year, which basically met the daily average demand of 9.59 million passengers.
Second, it is convenient for passengers to purchase tickets. A series of measures have been taken to make it convenient for passengers to buy tickets and for everyone to get tickets, as I have already introduced. Today happens to be the pre-sale of tickets for the twelfth day of the first month. Up to today, the peak of pre-sale tickets has passed smoothly. As of yesterday, the ticket sales in Spring Festival travel rush increased by 7.8% year-on-year. In the process of ticket collection, we should intensify publicity, remind passengers to arrive at the station in advance to collect tickets, reserve enough time, strengthen the guidance of ticket collection at the station, and implement "separation of sale and withdrawal" and "separation of sale and withdrawal" to improve the efficiency of ticket collection.
Third, it is convenient for passengers to travel by car. Focusing on the needs of the whole process of passenger travel, targeted improvement and optimization. First, information services have long been known. Increase the push of information such as the situation of being late, grouping and seat changes, so that passengers can grasp the information as soon as possible and arrange their trips reasonably. The second is intelligent service to improve the efficiency of entering and leaving the station. Self-service check-in channels have been added. In 2019, there were 300 stations and 3,000 channels in Spring Festival travel rush, which doubled compared with the same period of last year and tripled the number of channels. At 700 EMU stops, self-service ticket checking with second-generation ID cards was implemented, and there was no need to collect tickets, which more than doubled year-on-year. The third is to expand the number of convenient transfer stations. The number of convenient transfers in the station reached 50, an increase of 11. The fourth is to promote mutual recognition of security inspections between railway stations and subway stations and reduce repeated security inspections. The fifth is to promote shared cars and get through the last mile. In 18 stations including Beijing South Railway Station, Nanjing South Railway Station and Guangzhou South Railway Station, high-speed rail and shared car service are provided to get through the last mile of travel.