The city will soon be releasing an online traffic monitoring system, which is a service that updates the citywide road congestion every five minutes. This system will help drivers choose the best routes with less traffic. The system will be using an online traffic index that will grade the traffic in five levels. The levels [...]
Residents who are planning to drive to coastal resorts in the city during the May Day holidays are advised to take Yanpai Expressway so that they can avoid the busy roads like the Eastern Coastal Expressway. The Eastern Coastal Expressway usually experience heavy traffic during the three day holiday that starts on April 29 in [...]
Work on the new Metro Line 11 was launched last Friday in Nanshan district. The new Line 11 will connect central Futian District and Songgang in Bao’an District. Once the line is completed travel time from Futian central to Songgang will only take 50 minutes. The 51.2 km main line will also go through the [...]
Since the start of the bicycle rental system in December, there have been complaints of damaged bicycles being rented out in the Yantian district as its residents are using the bikes as their main mode of transportation using the government funded bicycle rental system. Although the system is in trial operation, there are 3,000 bikes [...]
Because of the rainy season that began in April, travelers will expect more flight delays at the Shenzhen airport. Statistics shows that between April and May plus the typhoons in July and August are the main reason for the majority of flight delays at airports. Last Friday the airport had nearly 200 flights delayed with [...]
Cyclists renting bicycles in Yantian are being constantly reminded not to use the bicycles on vehicle lanes. The reminder came after people were caught riding the rented bikes on the road. Violators caught will have their rental licenses suspended and face punishment from the traffic police. For the first violation, riders will be not be [...]
According to a drafted redevelopment plans, city officials in the Sungang-Qingshuihe area are planning to install the first city tramcar. Sungang-Qingshuihe was once the largest public warehousing area in Shenzhen. Due to the low efficiency use of old factories, warehouses and a backward transportation system the area along with the profusion of low level industries [...]
In anticipation of the upcoming tomb sweeping travel season, the Shenzhen transport commission have added buses and extended several route services leading to the three major cemeteries in the city. From March 31 to April 4 is the peak season for tomb weeping wherein residents visit cemeteries to pay respects to their deceased loved ones. [...]
The government-funded bike rental system in Yantian District is a hit among its residents where in the system’s 3,000 bicycles were used more than one million times since it began in December. The district urban management administration released rental data this week and it showed that the system is a success. By April the district [...]
According to an online schedule released by the Wuhan Bureau of Railways, there will be ten high speed trains running from Shenzhen to Wuhan from 7 am and 6 pm everyday. The trains can make the 1,069 kilometer long trip in just four hours and thirteen minutes. G1012 will be the earliest train to leave [...]
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