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Shanghai may adjust work hours during Expo
By Yang Jian |
January 15, 2009, Thursday
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THE Shanghai government may adjust the work hours of enterprises during World Expo 2010 to avoid traffic jams, Shanghai Vice Mayor Yang Xiong said yesterday.
Detailed plans are still under discussion, Yang said at yesterday's session of the Shanghai People's Congress.
Enterprises could push forward work hours based on how close they are to the Expo site, said Zhang Qiqin, a member of the Shanghai People's Congress who made the proposal.
For example, enterprises near the Expo site could adjust work hours by 30 minutes and those farther from the site by about 60 minutes, Zhang said.
During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Beijing government ordered state-owned enterprises to operate from 9am to 5pm, large shopping centers to open at 10am and other institutions operate from 9:30 am. Government departments and schools were not asked to alter working times.
Private vehicles were banned on alternate days during the Games. Beijing's stipulations proved effective in terms of both traffic and the environment during the Olympics.
The Expo site will open at 9am every day, the same time as the peak rush hour, Zhang said in the proposal.
More than 80 percent of people in the city go to work between 8:30am and 9am and finish work between 5pm and 5:30pm, she said. The Expo site will run from 9am to 12pm, while the pavilions inside the site will open from 9:30am until 10:30pm.
Expo 2010, which will run from May 1 through October 31, is expected to attract more than 400,000 people on average every day. The number will reach more than 600,000 on peak days.
Shuttling Expo visitors and local office workers will be a great challenge to the city's public transportation system, especially the Metro lines, Zhang said.
During the Expo, more than half of the visitors will enter the Expo site by the city's Metro lines.
In 2008, the city's eight Metro lines served more than 2.9 million people every day on average. During morning peak hours, the lines served about 220,000 people per hour, according to Shanghai Shentong Metro Co Ltd, the city's main Metro operator.
If half of the Expo visitors enter the Expo site at its opening time, there will be 50 percent more passengers using the subway during the morning rush hour.
Detailed plans are still under discussion, Yang said at yesterday's session of the Shanghai People's Congress.
Enterprises could push forward work hours based on how close they are to the Expo site, said Zhang Qiqin, a member of the Shanghai People's Congress who made the proposal.
For example, enterprises near the Expo site could adjust work hours by 30 minutes and those farther from the site by about 60 minutes, Zhang said.
During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Beijing government ordered state-owned enterprises to operate from 9am to 5pm, large shopping centers to open at 10am and other institutions operate from 9:30 am. Government departments and schools were not asked to alter working times.
Private vehicles were banned on alternate days during the Games. Beijing's stipulations proved effective in terms of both traffic and the environment during the Olympics.
The Expo site will open at 9am every day, the same time as the peak rush hour, Zhang said in the proposal.
More than 80 percent of people in the city go to work between 8:30am and 9am and finish work between 5pm and 5:30pm, she said. The Expo site will run from 9am to 12pm, while the pavilions inside the site will open from 9:30am until 10:30pm.
Expo 2010, which will run from May 1 through October 31, is expected to attract more than 400,000 people on average every day. The number will reach more than 600,000 on peak days.
Shuttling Expo visitors and local office workers will be a great challenge to the city's public transportation system, especially the Metro lines, Zhang said.
During the Expo, more than half of the visitors will enter the Expo site by the city's Metro lines.
In 2008, the city's eight Metro lines served more than 2.9 million people every day on average. During morning peak hours, the lines served about 220,000 people per hour, according to Shanghai Shentong Metro Co Ltd, the city's main Metro operator.
If half of the Expo visitors enter the Expo site at its opening time, there will be 50 percent more passengers using the subway during the morning rush hour.
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