Shanghai will work on a new traffic system for the 2010 World
Expo Garden, that will include five metro lines, 25 bus routes and
40 shuttle services, according to Wang Xiubao, deputy director of
the Shanghai Transportation Bureau, the Oriental Morning
Post reported today.
The municipality expects that 94 percent of 2010 Expo visitors
will take public transportation, among which the metro system alone
will handle 50 percent, Wang said.
Five new metro lines providing direct access to the World Expo
Garden will be in service by 2010 and will carry 100,000 passengers
per hour during peak hours. It is estimated that the Expo will see
80 million visitors.
The municipality will also introduce 40 shuttle services which
will handle 14 percent of the passenger load. Fast, reliable and
comfortable, these services will link the Expo Garden with hotels,
traffic hubs, university campuses and residential areas.
Some of the bus services will offer non-stop routes, which will
allow passengers to pay for the Expo's entrance fare together with
the bus fare when departing, to relieve the burden at the doors of
the Expo, Wang said.
Visitors will also be able to travel via 25 new conventional bus
routes ending at the Expo Garden, which are expected to handle 12
percent of the passenger load. The municipality will continue these
services after the Expo, but their terminal stations may be shifted
to better fit passenger needs.
The municipality will also attempt to attract more visitors from
the Yangtze Delta area by providing special inter-city coach
services, Wang said.
(Shanghai Daily March 29, 2006)