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February 3, 2012, Friday
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THE number of people who depart the city by plane during the Chinese New Year holiday rush rose almost 12 percent from a year earlier to about 182,200, the largest surge among all modes of transport.
Altogether 4.8 million people hopped aboard buses, trains, planes and ferries during the holiday.
Passenger trips on long-haul buses, the most popular and cheapest form of transport, rose 6.2 percent to more than 4.1 million.
About 414,100 people took trains, with rail showing an 8.3 percent decline from the 2010 holiday. Ferry passengers dropped 10 percent to 90,000.
More than 6 million people visited Hangzhou during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday, generating revenue of 2.5 billion yuan (US$397 million), a 6.44 percent year-on-year rise over the same period last year.
In Gongsu District, more than 2,000 residents had a walk along the Grand Canal on Chinese New Year Day to promote exercise and keeping fit.
Metro update
Construction has been completed on the main structure at Xianghu Station on Metro Line 1, ending the first phase of work on all 31 stations of the line.
Xianghu Station, which is 900 meters long, has six exits, a four-story building for fire services, a 13-story office building and a rail yard for rolling stock that covers 30,900 square meters.
The first phase of Metro Line 1, due to open in October, is 48 kilometers long and links the central business district with both sides of the Qiantang River.
Avid readers
Hangzhou was among China's 20 "Most Well-read Cities" in 2011, according to a list by online bookstore Amazon.cn.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen ranked at the top of the list with Hangzhou finishing in ninth place.
Children's books, both educational and cartoon, were the best-selling books in the city.
In the top four cities on the list, books about psychology were the best-sellers, indicating people in these cities may be trying to better deal with stress and pressure from a fast-paced society.
People in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province, which is renowned for its leisurely lifestyle, like art books the most, while people in Tianjin favor cook books.
Parking spaces
The locations of the first 2,030 new parking spaces to be added in downtown Hangzhou have been publicized in the Hangzhou Urban Construction Hall and online for public review and comment.
The new parking spots, contained in eight lots in four downtown districts, are among the 8,000 new spaces the city government says are needed to ease a parking shortage.
One of the parking lots is under the playground of Kaiyuan Middle School. Two hundred spaces there will provide parking for teachers, parents and nearby residents. When Metro Line 1 comes into operation, commuters also will be able to use the lot to access a nearby subway station.
The parking lot under Hangzhou Automobile Logistics Center will have 460 spaces. It is the largest of the lots and will ease parking headaches for those visiting the nearby automobile and second-hand markets.
To view the location of the new lots, visit www.hangzhou.com.cn.
'Green' vehicles
Hangzhou plans to have 20,000 new energy vehicles on the road by the end of the year, according to the Hangzhou Economic Information Commission.
The target would significantly increase the number of fuel efficient vehicles, now estimated at about 1,100.
About 800 hybrid buses, 120 electric taxis, 40 electric cars for the State Grid and nearly 200 privately owned electric cars are now in operation.
Hangzhou is one of 13 Chinese cities promoting green alternatives to oil-dependent transport, with government funding in public transport, taxi services, government fleets, public sanitation and postal services. The other four cities include Changchun, Shanghai, Hefei and Shenzhen.
Since 2010, the municipal government has invested 100 million yuan (US$15.8 million) annually to promote green vehicle use in a city heavily dependent on the internal combustion engine.
The city has set up 20 charging stations, allowing electric car owners easier, faster recharging.
Altogether 4.8 million people hopped aboard buses, trains, planes and ferries during the holiday.
Passenger trips on long-haul buses, the most popular and cheapest form of transport, rose 6.2 percent to more than 4.1 million.
About 414,100 people took trains, with rail showing an 8.3 percent decline from the 2010 holiday. Ferry passengers dropped 10 percent to 90,000.
More than 6 million people visited Hangzhou during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday, generating revenue of 2.5 billion yuan (US$397 million), a 6.44 percent year-on-year rise over the same period last year.
In Gongsu District, more than 2,000 residents had a walk along the Grand Canal on Chinese New Year Day to promote exercise and keeping fit.
Metro update
Construction has been completed on the main structure at Xianghu Station on Metro Line 1, ending the first phase of work on all 31 stations of the line.
Xianghu Station, which is 900 meters long, has six exits, a four-story building for fire services, a 13-story office building and a rail yard for rolling stock that covers 30,900 square meters.
The first phase of Metro Line 1, due to open in October, is 48 kilometers long and links the central business district with both sides of the Qiantang River.
Avid readers
Hangzhou was among China's 20 "Most Well-read Cities" in 2011, according to a list by online bookstore Amazon.cn.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen ranked at the top of the list with Hangzhou finishing in ninth place.
Children's books, both educational and cartoon, were the best-selling books in the city.
In the top four cities on the list, books about psychology were the best-sellers, indicating people in these cities may be trying to better deal with stress and pressure from a fast-paced society.
People in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province, which is renowned for its leisurely lifestyle, like art books the most, while people in Tianjin favor cook books.
Parking spaces
The locations of the first 2,030 new parking spaces to be added in downtown Hangzhou have been publicized in the Hangzhou Urban Construction Hall and online for public review and comment.
The new parking spots, contained in eight lots in four downtown districts, are among the 8,000 new spaces the city government says are needed to ease a parking shortage.
One of the parking lots is under the playground of Kaiyuan Middle School. Two hundred spaces there will provide parking for teachers, parents and nearby residents. When Metro Line 1 comes into operation, commuters also will be able to use the lot to access a nearby subway station.
The parking lot under Hangzhou Automobile Logistics Center will have 460 spaces. It is the largest of the lots and will ease parking headaches for those visiting the nearby automobile and second-hand markets.
To view the location of the new lots, visit www.hangzhou.com.cn.
'Green' vehicles
Hangzhou plans to have 20,000 new energy vehicles on the road by the end of the year, according to the Hangzhou Economic Information Commission.
The target would significantly increase the number of fuel efficient vehicles, now estimated at about 1,100.
About 800 hybrid buses, 120 electric taxis, 40 electric cars for the State Grid and nearly 200 privately owned electric cars are now in operation.
Hangzhou is one of 13 Chinese cities promoting green alternatives to oil-dependent transport, with government funding in public transport, taxi services, government fleets, public sanitation and postal services. The other four cities include Changchun, Shanghai, Hefei and Shenzhen.
Since 2010, the municipal government has invested 100 million yuan (US$15.8 million) annually to promote green vehicle use in a city heavily dependent on the internal combustion engine.
The city has set up 20 charging stations, allowing electric car owners easier, faster recharging.
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