Highway use up sharply
13/3/2003 15:04
Shanghai has seen a sharp increase in the number of users on
trans-provincial highways in the past four consecutive years, local road
transportation officials said.
The highways served more than 20 million
passengers last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier.
Increases in
2001, 2000 and 1999 were 33.7 percent, 17.6 percent and 18.7 percent
respectively.
The percentage of commuters using highways as their means
of transportation has increased from 9.6 percent in 1995 to 27.5 percent last
year.
The city will further improve service quality in the sector
accordingly, officials said. It plans to bring local highways up to
international standards in three to five years, they said.
The city has
also started to renovate local long-distance bus centers, streamlining ticket
purchasing and making transportation information easier to access.
New
express long-distance routes will increase by 10 percent annually while some old
ones will be removed or renovated to help increase convenience.
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