13 Provincial pilot long-distance bus night connections

During the Spring Festival this year, many passengers who ride coaches at night will not have to stop halfway, but they can reach their destinations one at a time. Yesterday, the Ministry of Transport held its first regular press conference this year. He Jianzhong, a spokesperson, said that starting from the 20th of this month, 13 provinces and cities across the country will carry out pilot work on long-distance passenger transport. During the Spring Festival, passengers will use long-distance buses to realize night time. No parking.

3.1 billion passengers on roads

At the meeting, He Jianzhong stated that this year's Spring Festival starts from January 26 and ends on March 6. According to forecast, the annual passenger traffic volume of highways in China during the Spring Festival in 2013 is expected to reach 3.1 billion passengers, with an average of 77.41 million passengers per day, which is expected to increase by 9% over the same period of last year. In order to protect passenger transport, this year's Spring Festival, road transport will invest 840,000 large and medium-sized passenger vehicles, the average daily frequency of more than 2.6 million flights.

Drivers can continue driving

He Jianzhong stated that in order to ensure the safety of long-distance coaches during the night, during the Spring Festival, pilots in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Henan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces began to implement long-distance trials. Buses connect at night. There are two main forms of access at night, one is parking and substitution, landing and rest, that is, choosing a suitable place for a driver, and the second is changing a car, and the driver who is waiting at the connection point drives another vehicle. The car continues to perform passenger missions. He said that through these two methods, it can basically prevent the driver from fatigue driving and other problems caused by the night stop of the passenger car.

He Jianzhong stated that the passenger transport lines that apply for connecting transport pilots should be long-distance passenger lines of 800 kilometers or more that are mainly operated on expressways. The connecting time should be between 23 o'clock and 2 o'clock. At the same time, the connected transport vehicles must carry “Long Distance Passenger Transport Connections” as required and the “Long Distance Passenger Transport Vehicles” logo printed and distributed by the Ministry of Transport.

Before you stop for 3 hours

On August 26 last year, a massive traffic accident in Yanan killed 36 people. Since then, the Ministry of Transport issued a statement reiterating the "night break order," requiring the commuter to force long-distance bus drivers to rest on the ground from 2 am to 5 am.

Previously, although the Ministry of Transport proposed to allow passenger vehicles to connect, but did not introduce specific details of the connection measures. For the sake of safety, most passenger transport companies have chosen to rest on the ground, that is, passengers must wait three hours at night before moving on. After connecting and transporting, passengers do not have to wait for 3 hours. Passengers will be able to continue on the way home after changing the driver before 2 a.m.