Reports said Government subsidies for 7 years bus fares increased by 5 times in Beijing Beijing _ | report | news

CNS, Beijing, June 26 (reporter Kan Feng)-released by the Chinese Academy of social sciences on 26th of the eco-city green paper shows that became one of the cities with the lowest bus fares in Beijing, but after seven years, the Beijing bus subsidy increased by 5 times the amount of the year more than doubled. By 2014, Beijing public transportation will amount to 48% per cent, is about to step into the era of public transport dominated city traffic.

　　Beijing's Green coverage rate of the country's second air quality next to last

Posted 26th of the eco-city Green Paper: report on development of eco-city construction in China (2014), by the Chinese Academy of social sciences, Center for social development studies Research Institute, Lanzhou city, Gansu province, urban development Institute and the social sciences documentation publishing house launched. Using dynamic evaluation model, from environmental, ecological, economic, ecological and social aspects of 116 Chinese eco-city in 2012, evaluate the health status.

Report shows health eco-city ranking the top ten cities in China are: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Dalian, Wuxi, Hangzhou and Beijing. Report notes that while these eco-city in urban health status indicators score higher, but the overall ranking being obvious "short Board", indicator is uneven. For example, the Shenzhen composite rankings, rankings of ecological environment and ecological economics ranked highest, but eco-community was ranked 99th.

Urban afforestation is the planting to improve the city's ecological environment is an important element, to restore the urban ecosystem functions, improve the quality of living environment for urban residents is of great significance.

This report said that through years of efforts, China's urban greening has made significant achievements in 2012, ranked 116 average built-up area of urban green coverage rate is 40.55%, the highest coverage at 53.37%, the lowest green coverage rate reached 21.76%.

In 116 cities, built-up area coverage of the top 10 cities were: Xinyu, Beijing, Zhuhai, Qinhuangdao city, Handan, and Huangshan city, jiaxing, and huzhou, and Benxi, and Weihai.

Report also shows that in the big cities, although the rate of urban greening in Beijing ranked the country's second, but the same year the national air quality of the bottom five are: Beijing, Urumqi, Lanzhou, Chengdu, Tianjin, Beijing ranked second.

　　Beijing public transportation for the lowest price the Government transit subsidies increased 5 times 7 years more than doubled

Over the years, traffic congestion in large urban focus, taking public transportation, green transport has also been the official advocate. Taking Beijing as an example, the 2012 20.693 million Beijing residents who post separation is serious, local residents ' transport demand, traffic congestion and public transport system in urban rail transit development become the problems of the community.

Urban traffic problems as mentioned in this report, addressed in particular Beijing's priority in dealing with traffic out of the new road to support public transport.

Report says Beijing transit priority is the most direct reflection is that the price adjustment, bus starting from January 1, 2007, Beijing cited widespread, common card 40 percent, student card 20 percent, bus lines, including air-conditioned car's base price is 1 Yuan, and Beijing residents minimum life security personnel for the treatment of students and their families are purchasing the monthly pass card given subsidies of 10 yuan per card per month.

This year, the society for Beijing transit prices or adjust controversies again. According to the report, were arranged in 2006 Beijing municipal finance 3.672 billion yuan to support development of public transport, in 2007 rose to 4.976 billion dollars in 2008 and 10 billion yuan in 2009 to 12 billion yuan in 2010 to 15 billion yuan in 2011, 17.5 billion yuan. In 2012, with the second phase of Line 6 subway line, Line 10, Line 9 North, the southern section of Line 8 line of several lines, such as opening public transport subsidies amounted to 24.3 billion yuan. For seven years, bus subsidy increased by more than 5 times the amount of the year, and Beijing has become one of the cities with the lowest bus fares.

In addition to price, the report pointed out that Beijing's transport investment, also contributed to Beijing became the leading city of green travel. Reported figures show that by 2015, Beijing will built up a total of 19 bus rail, public transportation will also be significantly improved. In 2013, the public transportation in 2012 from 44% to 46% per cent, average daily passengers of 13.2 million people. By 2014, will be 48% proportion of public transportation. Beijing is about to step into the era of public transport dominated city traffic. (End)

(Original title: reports Beijing, national minimum bus fare subsidies for 7 years increased by 5 times)

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11:09 on June 26, 2014 China News Network