Shenzhen Automotive Density First Blocking in the Nation

Traffic jams have become the "normality" of urban transportation.

Shenzhen's "blocking governance" is imminent

On December 8, the total number of motor vehicles in the city exceeded 1.7 million. The road network capacity has approached the limit

On December 8, the Shenzhen Traffic Police Department announced that the total number of motor vehicles in the city exceeded 1.7 million, and the density of automobiles has ranked first in the country. According to the forecast of the City Traffic Police Bureau, according to Shenzhen's existing roads, the limit of Shenzhen's car ownership is 2.1 million vehicles, which means that in the next two years, the city’s motor vehicles will reach a state of “not moving”.

Recently, after the release of the new policy of “blocking blockades” in Beijing, it has also aroused great concern from Shenzhen citizens. Many people's point of view is: Shenzhen is also facing the problem of urban traffic congestion, and Shenzhen is smaller in size, whether urban managers can also follow Beijing, introduced a "blocking" policy, to make people travel more convenient?

Recently, the reporter interviewed many departments and citizens on the issue of “blocking the blockages.” Everyone had a lot of feelings about traffic jams. The city’s transportation department stated that Shenzhen’s automobile density has already ranked first in the country and even surpassed Beijing.

Existing road network bearing capacity

Near limit

The reporter learned from the city's traffic department that since the beginning of this year, the number of vehicles on the city’s motor vehicles has grown at a rapid rate. In eight months, the city’s car ownership has increased by 200,000 vehicles! In April of this year, the number of motor vehicles in the city exceeded 1.5 million. On December 8, the Shenzhen traffic police department once again announced that the total number of motor vehicles in the city has exceeded 1.7 million, and the automobile density has ranked first in the country.

"In addition to the daily entry and transit of foreign license vehicles, the total number of cars currently driving on the road in Shenzhen has exceeded 1.9 million, and the existing road network's traffic capacity has approached the limit," said the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Communications Commission. According to the forecast of the traffic police department, according to the calculation of the existing roads in Shenzhen, the limit of the city’s car ownership is about 2.1 million vehicles. Even if the future number of vehicles in Shenzhen increases by an average of 10% per annum, the road network will carry the traffic within 2 to 3 years. The level will also be heavily overloaded.

The reporter learned that the total length of roads in Shenzhen is less than 6,000 kilometers. Some people have done such a metaphor. If all the cars in Shenzhen are connected on the street, they can make a round trip from Shenzhen to Beijing. "All roads in Shenzhen don't even have enough room for them, let alone normal traffic," a traffic policeman told reporters.

The secretary made a complaint:

"The car can't move, the bus can't sit still"

According to the test results of the city traffic police bureau on the city's main roads last year, the average speed in the peak hours was 36.3 km/h, compared with 40.7 km/h in the same period of the previous year, and the speed decreased by 10% year-on-year. Moreover, the speed of bus operations on the main trunk roads in Shenzhen has decreased year by year, and the central area has dropped to 10 km/h, which is basically the same as the speed of bicycles.

“I can't move by driving or sitting in a bus.” Wang Rong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, criticized the traffic situation in Shenzhen at the conference on social construction in the city held last week. “The number of vehicles traveling on the roads in Shenzhen reached 1.9 million, while the area in Shenzhen is less than 2,000 square kilometers, and half of them are mountains.”

Statistics from the Bureau of Statistics show that, as of the end of last year, private car ownership accounted for 87.5% of the total car ownership in the city. This means that the Shenzhen Jiucheng Trolley is privately owned. "Therefore, vigorously developing the public transportation business will make it more convenient and comfortable for the citizens to travel. It is the solution to Shenzhen's future traffic," said Wang Rong.

Citizens watch traffic - "The three most afraid"

Driver: "Fear of holidays"

The dense festivals at the end of the year are the most stressful moments in the city. People complain that traffic jams are the most common. “This weekend, from the Binhe River to the North Ring Road, from the deep south to the Sungang, from the customs to the customs, everything is blocked.” said the taxi driver Master Liu. “We are driving a taxi. We look forward to the holidays on the one hand and we are afraid on the other. On the winter solstice, my car was stuck on the riverside for more than an hour and the prime time business was gone."

Master Liu said that according to his many years of driving observations, Shenzhen's road congestion was caused by too many private cars on the one hand, and on the other hand, the road system was too fragile and there were too many bottlenecks. "In some fast roads, there will be a slight bump and the entire road will be paralyzed. I hope that the traffic police will be able to get out of the police faster."

Office worker: "are most afraid to go to work"

“Not the most crowded, but only more crowded.” When she mentioned Shenzhen’s bus, Ms. Guo, who worked at Huaqiang North, complained: “It is really difficult to find a bus that is not crowded, not to mention a position, and it can Even if it is fortunate to squeeze it."

This year, there were Shenzhen netizens who initiated the campaign to “choose Shenzhen's top 10 most crowded buses”, which caused a strong reaction from Shenzhen netizens. 302 bus, K113 bus, 390 bus, M201 bus and other bus buses are all on the list. The words “waiting for the cars and waiting for flowers” ​​and “crowding more healthy” are the most commonly used ridiculous language for wage earners on buses using these routes. For those wage earners who live outside the original SAR, they are even worse. They often face the trouble of several transfer.

Ms. Guo said, "If I have the financial ability, I will choose to buy a car because public transport cannot meet our travel needs and cannot provide a comfortable and efficient service."

Car owners: “Feared about parking”

Statistics show that there are currently less than 700,000 parking spaces in Shenzhen, and there are more than 800,000 parking spaces. After five years, the number of parking spaces in the city will exceed 1 million. "One is hard to find" is a vivid depiction of Shenzhen parking spaces.

"This Friday night, I parked near Huaqiang North and walked around. I found that the commercial parking lot basically says 'The parking space is full.' Finally, I can only risk stopping the car on the road," said Mr. Hu, a citizen. The public Zhang Ran also told reporters that not only in the urban areas, even if they go home, there is also a parking problem. “When you come home after 10 p.m., there will be no parking in the community. The ground floor is full. Property management said that they didn’t expect private cars to grow so fast when they started building!”

How to stop blocking in Shenzhen?

On December 23, Beijing’s “government-blocking” New Deal was formally announced. It plans to start by restricting vehicle growth, adjusting parking fees, accelerating the construction of transportation infrastructure, and prioritizing the development of public transportation. In particular, Beijing has finalized the “shake limit” method. In Shenzhen, the public has caused widespread concern. Will Shenzhen also imitate Beijing’s introduction of a “blocking blockade” plan or plan another set of “blocking blockage” measures? What is the key to clearing the traffic jam in Shenzhen? Over the past few days, around this topic, people from all walks of life have had heated discussions.

“The public’s unimpeded travel still depends on public transport, so vigorously developing green public transport and upgrading the level of public transport in and out of the area are an important task for Shenzhen in the future. The city must fully promote the construction of a 'bus city’ to allow people to travel. More convenient and more comfortable.”

- Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Wang Rong

Recommendation 1: Increase the cost of vehicles

“The low cost of car is one of the main reasons for the rapid growth of private cars.” said lawyer Zhang Jian of Shenzhen Dacheng Law Firm in Shenzhen. “The market approach is the most effective way. Shenzhen can learn from Hong Kong and charge high prices by parking. Fees, congestion collection fees, etc. to restrict private car travel.” Some citizens also stated that improving road capacity, such as building overpasses and speeding up roads, will ease traffic pressures.

The Municipal Communications Commission stated that Shenzhen will consider more mediation through market means in the future. However, due to the small size of the Shenzhen area and the fact that it is dominated by mountains, it is not possible to expand as much as the cities of Beijing and Shanghai Plain, and it is impossible to construct an elevated and overpass without restrictions, and it is impossible to provide more land to expand roads to meet the requirements. Soaring demand for vehicles.

Recommendation two: limit travel

“Can you model Beijing and adopt a single and double number restriction to ease traffic pressure?” said the driver of the bus group to reporters. A staff member of the City Planning and Design Institute told reporters that restrictions on vehicles will have the quickest effect on alleviating traffic pressure in the short term, but in the long term, with the increase in the number of holdings, the “decompression effect” will increase. Decreasing, but also may cause a substantial increase in the amount of car ownership, is "a temporary solution," not too suitable for Shenzhen.

Recommendation 3: Limit on the card

Municipal People's Congress representatives Xiao Youmei and Yang Jianchang also paid special attention to the problem of excessive growth of private cars. Xiao Xiaomei proposed "restricting the licensing of vehicles on the vehicle." Yang Jianchang advocates studying the experience of Shanghai and other cities and restricts the growth of private cars by increasing the cost of licensing.

An economics expert at Shenzhen University told reporters that there are many ways to limit the use of domestic brands. One is the “Shanghai model”, which mainly involves the auction of license plates; the other is the “Beijing model” that has just been introduced. Yaohao way to issue licenses. Both methods can play the role of limiting the car, Shenzhen can learn from.

However, the Municipal Communications Commission has publicly stated that Shenzhen does not consider restricting the licensing of cars for the time being, so the move does not meet the needs of economic development.

Looking to the future

The reporter learned that by the end of June next year, all 5 rail transits in Shenzhen will be operational, and the city’s rail transit mileage will reach 178 kilometers by then. In addition, the Ministry of Transport and the Shenzhen Municipal Government have signed a cooperation framework agreement, which gives a timetable for the construction of a “bus city” and strives to build Shenzhen as a “bus city” with international standards by 2015, basically achieving “5-minute transit for passengers”. , 500 meters on the car." The city’s public transportation accounts for 60% of the motorized transportation; the central city’s internal 75% commutes consume less than 30 minutes when traveling, and the peak hour average speed is more than 20 km/hour. At that time, Shenzhen will be completed with rail transit. It is an integrated urban public transport service network with skeletons, regular public transport networks, and slow traffic.