Recently, many cities have gradually relaxed restrictions on motorcycles. As long as it complies with local regulations, your motorcycle can also be driven on the road. And such a change is also to make it more convenient for people to travel.
But for motorcycles, it's basically a short trip. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of residents in long-distance travel, the construction of high-speed rail and high-speed in recent years is also in progress.
As a result, people's travel methods have become more and more diverse. But when some modes of transportation became popular, we also found some new problems.
In the early years, people "relied" on passenger cars, and it seemed that the demand was gradually decreasing. Many residents have responded that since the high-speed rail came to his city, he basically will defect to the embrace of the high-speed rail in his long-distance travel, and ignore the choice of passenger cars.
One person, two people, and more people do this, making the demand for buses less and less. The first to be affected, of course, is the bus terminal.
When the construction of high-speed rail is getting better and better, we see that the crowd at the bus terminal is getting smaller and smaller. Many bus terminals are even more seriously damaged, and they have no choice but to shut down. So what's going on behind this shutdown?
In the early years, why bus terminals were crowded with consumers. That's because there weren't many cars at the time, at least not like now, and almost every household had a car.
And people don't seem to have any choice but to passenger cars. So from one city to another, people can only choose to take a passenger car.
And in terms of the price of passenger cars, it is relatively affordable. Therefore, it is a good choice for the majority of migrant workers and ordinary wage earners.
And now, people's living standards have risen, and so has their incomes. Coupled with the emergence of high-speed rail and airplanes, people's choices have also diversified. Therefore, in such a new environment, the advantages of buses have gradually "dimmed", resulting in such a loss-making situation today.
Some publicly available data have reaffirmed this problem. It is reported that China's passenger traffic has been reduced by more than 13 billion passengers. When the passenger traffic declines, the "order" of the passenger station will naturally decrease, affecting the "revenue" of the year, so over time, many passenger stations are operating at a loss.
The "report cards" of some listed companies also show a similar situation. Listed companies such as Jinlong Bus and Zhongtong Bus are in a state of loss. Businessmen will not do loss-making business, when the loss of passenger terminals is getting more and more serious, there are many passenger terminals to the step of shutdown.
Especially in some big cities, there are many new options. So bus terminals in big cities may become deserted. However, some large passenger terminals will be subsidized, so the shutdown situation is not so terrible.
In summary, among the reasons for the closure of many passenger terminals in China, there are mainly three points: more choices; In long distances, it takes a long time and has poor comfort; There are more private cars.
But for the majority of rural friends, buses are still their main means of travel. Therefore, even if the passenger terminal is shut down at a loss, it will not be completely "cleared". So even if it is really reduced and shut down, the buses are still sitting.