Orange Persimmon Interactive reporter Yin Junling
Not long ago, Hangzhou issued the "Notice on the Implementation of the Traffic Management and Service Guarantee Plan for the West Lake Scenic Area (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" to solicit opinions from the public, causing heated discussions among the general public.
The Metropolis Express continued to follow up and reported, and received many opinions and suggestions from citizens.
Bus priority is the most common suggestion
Netizen "Danping" suggested that the bus increase the frequency, it was too crowded. Several times in the scenic area to take the bus to doubt life, originally to go sightseeing, happy, squeezed around, beautiful scenery and happiness are gone.
Netizen "Xiaoxiaoqiu hugging Xiaoxiaohuang" said that the number of bus trips during the holiday rush is still too few, and parent-child buses should be launched for those with children, otherwise adults will be able to eat and children will be even more unbearable.
Netizen "jolin-F" suggested that private cars are prohibited from entering the scenic spot (including a circle by the lakeside West Lake) on weekends and holidays, but one license plate can be applied for once a month, except for living in the scenic spot and working, and buses will be added.
Netizen "Gardener Wei Jun" suggested adding "bus transfer": I went to the zoo some time ago, the car was restricted, the bus did not park on the side of the road, but into the parking lot to park, and there was a special person at each point to guide at the platform, go up and down quickly. As soon as the bus speed came up, it immediately solved a lot of problems. Really, transfers are key.
There are also many netizens who suggest that the congestion problem in West Lake should be dealt with from the source.
Netizens "picturesque" said that the reason why the West Lake Scenic Area is blocked is because "there are too many taxis and online car-hailing, especially online car-hailing must be strictly restricted, which is the key".
Netizens "always support Xiao Luozi" said that the most fundamental reason for the congestion of West Lake is that there are too many people, and it is recommended that Hangzhou locals do not go during the tourist season and leave it to friends from other places.
There may be these three reasons for the congestion in the West Lake Scenic Area
Everyone actively put forward opinions and suggestions, all of them are concerned about the West Lake and hope that the West Lake will become better, which is consistent with the goal of the government departments to launch policies.
In fact, there are many reasons for the congestion in the West Lake Scenic Area -
First of all, there is a lot of traffic. Since 2023, the number of tourists in the West Lake Scenic Area has continued to rise, with 10-200,000 visitors on weekdays, 200,000-400,000 visitors on weekends, and even more on holidays. During the Spring Festival holiday in 2024, the total passenger flow and average daily passenger flow of the scenic spot will reach a record high. With the explosive growth of passenger flow in the scenic spot, the flow of people and vehicles in the scenic spot is intensive, and the traffic congestion has intensified.
Congestion is exacerbated by clashes between people and vehicles. Whether it is a working day or a rest day, there are serious conflicts between people and vehicles in areas such as the broken bridge on Beishan Street, Jingsi on Nanshan Road, and the Zoo on Hupao Road, which exacerbates the traffic pressure on congested road sections.
At the same time, the proportion of online car-hailing and taxis remains high. Online car-hailing is one of the most important modes of transportation in scenic spots, but random pick-up and drop-off, illegal parking, illegal U-turns, etc., greatly affect the efficiency of road traffic.
The Hangzhou transportation department has also tried many ways to solve the congestion problem in the West Lake scenic area.
For example, during last year's May Day holiday, the policy of restricting the odd and even numbers of all types of vehicles, including new energy vehicles and taxis, was implemented, and electronic fences were set up for online car-hailing to accurately control the scope.
During last year's National Day holiday, the Lingyin Scenic Area bus priority mode was implemented, and the mode of social vehicle reservation parking and taxi "regional prohibition + peripheral express shuttle" was adopted, and tourists transferred to the bus at No. 608 Xixi Road to the direct shuttle line, and it only took 7 minutes to enter the Lingyin Scenic Area.
"Orange Persimmon Balcony Consultation" offline negotiation platform
The first topic focuses on "West Lake Scenic Area Congestion"
How to solve the congestion problem in the West Lake Scenic Area, welcome everyone to sit down and talk about it.
Recently, the General Office of the Hangzhou CPPCC and the Metropolis Express X Orange Persimmon Interactive jointly launched the "Orange Persimmon Balcony Consultation" offline discussion platform, inviting government departments, CPPCC members, experts and scholars, media representatives, citizen representatives, etc., to discuss and negotiate hot topics in Hangzhou, fully communicate and exchange, enhance mutual understanding, and find solutions.
The topic of the first discussion focused on "West Lake Scenic Area Congestion", and everyone discussed the "West Lake Scenic Area Time Traffic Management and Service Guarantee Plan".
The event will be held on April 24 (next Wednesday) at the Hangzhou CPPCC New Era Consultative Democracy Practice Center (on the ground floor of the city balcony), and people from all walks of life who care about the West Lake Scenic Area are welcome to sign up and contribute wisdom to the management of the West Lake Scenic Area.
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