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City needs better bus lanes
By Cecilia Barnes |
September 1, 2010, Wednesday
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I reacted strongly to the wording in the article "Traffic smooth despite expo" (published in Shanghai Daily on August 25) where the "smooth" traffic on the streets was compared to the crowded situation in the metro.
How can 20 kilometers per hour be called smooth? On the highway it ought to be at least 60 kilometers per hour to be called smooth.
How will Shanghai ever get its residents to abandon their cars if the metro is thus downplayed?
It's great that the government has managed to put in this many new subway lines this year and the only problem is that there ought to be more!
In the meantime, while there are more subway lines being built it is not more highways that Shanghai needs but better, more and faster bus communication.
Let the buses everywhere drive on separate bus lanes and let the cars be crowded in their own lanes. Entice people to use bikes by building separate bike lanes. This would lead to a cleaner and more livable city for all.
(Cecilia Barnes, a new resident to Shanghai)
How can 20 kilometers per hour be called smooth? On the highway it ought to be at least 60 kilometers per hour to be called smooth.
How will Shanghai ever get its residents to abandon their cars if the metro is thus downplayed?
It's great that the government has managed to put in this many new subway lines this year and the only problem is that there ought to be more!
In the meantime, while there are more subway lines being built it is not more highways that Shanghai needs but better, more and faster bus communication.
Let the buses everywhere drive on separate bus lanes and let the cars be crowded in their own lanes. Entice people to use bikes by building separate bike lanes. This would lead to a cleaner and more livable city for all.
(Cecilia Barnes, a new resident to Shanghai)
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