BUS SYSTEMS * China - Buses vs. Rails & Controls

* Long-distance buses: Popular alternative to railways

Beijing,China -CCTV.com -24 Jan 2008: -- Relaxed and assured, passengers at this bus station will soon be on their way home. Without endless queues, buying a ticket is reasonably easy. And a ticket guarantees a seat... Buses have their advantages, but with their increasing popularity and the rising cost of gas, fares have also gone up... Long-distance bus fares cannot by law increase by more than twenty percent during the holiday period. But passengers don't seem to mind spending the extra... (Travelling on long-distance buses is a popular alternative to the railways, even though prices have gone up) WATCH VIDEO



* Cops to tighten festival traffic supervision in Shanghai

Police officers on local highways are required to stop and examine at least 80 percent of the passenger buses and every chemical-cargo vehicle...

Beijing,China -chinaview/Xinhua -24 Jan 2008: -- Traffic police will be closely monitoring passenger buses and toxic-chemical container trucks as the Spring Festival transport rush begins... And at midnight last night, they began a crackdown on drink driving... Traffic flow is expected to increase by about 10 percent from the usual 35,000 to 40,000 daily vehicle movements around the highway's Zhuqiao Station section... Extra passengers on overloaded buses will be required to get off, and police will then contact the bus company to organize for them to be picked up in another vehicle... (Photo: Shanghaidaily.com - Driver Sun Lizhong receives a brochure promoting traffic safety from policeman Wang Meigen at Shanghai South Long Distance General Bus Station yesterday. Sun was to drive a shuttle bus to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province)