Plans for 300 kilometers of the public transit lanes would be complete by 2010, easing congestion in the daily seven million passenger load.
"THE city government aims to double the efficiency of public buses and make them less crowded during rush hour by adding public-bus-only traffic lanes and rebuilding terminal stations by 2010, traffic engineers said yesterday.
The city plans to create 300 kilometers of bus-only traffic lanes over the next several years. Currently, there are only about 30 kilometers of bus-only lanes in the city."
"'Hopefully, the plan will double the speed of numbered buses and make them less crowded during rush hour,' Cai Yifeng, a city planner with the Shanghai Transportation Planning Institute, said yesterday."
FULL STORY: More bus-only lanes aimed to double speed, efficiency
Seattle Legalizes Co-Living
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Chicago Budget Fails to Include Snow Plowing Program
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