Not long ago, I heard a news that the bus driver in our small county town was.
There were no wages for four or five months, and the bus drivers of all routes parked their buses at the charging lots, and the strike took a few days before returning to normal.
According to people familiar with the matter, bus drivers in our small county town are a highly mobile profession, because the salary is extremely low, and the salary is not paid on time, so people often leave their jobs, and then new members join. And this time the problem is not only the bus driver, the bus company because of the arrears of nearly 3 million electricity bills to the charging party, the charging party is restricted from charging.
In the past few years, I heard that the new energy vehicles of the bus company can get a wide range of subsidies from the national finance, and the dense appearance of buses at that time made me feel a prosperous scene. From 2015 to 2019, pure electric new energy buses can be subsidized from 40,000 to 80,000 yuan depending on the model and length.
However, after 2019, I heard that the government stopped subsidizing new energy buses, and then the number of buses was gradually decreasing. Especially in the suburbs, it is more obvious, usually there is one in more than 10 minutes, but now you can't see one for more than half an hour or an hour. Buses are more expensive than they used to be. According to the mileage, the station charges, the highest is 8 yuan, the lowest is 1 yuan, but the basic ride is only the elderly and students, and it is rare to see office workers ride. Some people say that without ** subsidies, it will become a policy loss. I have also heard that the cost of charging new energy buses and replacing batteries after three years is higher than the cost of burning diesel, and it is even more expensive if it breaks down again.
I think this is just a microcosm of the bus industry, and I have often seen reports in the past that some local buses have been seriously suspended due to losses. In fact, the situation of bus companies all over the country is similar to the dilemma!The times are developing and progressing, and the coverage rate of every car and electric motorcycle is close to popular!In addition, young people don't like to take the bus at all, and the elderly and students are free!Therefore, if the bus does not withdraw from the historical stage, then the investment in the first class must be increased.
To be honest, almost all office workers now have private cars as a means of transportation, driving cars far away, electric vehicles near the county, and sharing electric vehicles in the county, and it is really difficult to use public transportation in the county. In addition, online car-hailing is very convenient now, and young people generally choose online car-hailing in order to save time.
Some people say that most of the current mode of public transport is private public subsidy, which is a social public welfare undertaking, if there is no public subsidy, it will definitely not be able to operate. But now it is difficult to subsidize the county-level buses, and there is no money.
However, if we streamline the administration, do a good job in the business environment like Zibo, and do not borrow money on a large scale for sub-projects, the finances will not be much worse. Some roads were dug and repaired, repaired and dug again, but they never said that there was no money;The construction of some face-saving projects that are not useful consumes a lot of financial funds and even has a lot of debts, but it is stingy and poor in terms of public welfare travel and people's livelihood.
Buses should not be privately operated in the first place, and should be jointly managed by the Finance and Transportation Bureaus as a means of transportation within the city. Fees can be set according to local revenue and local economic conditions, as well as urban traffic conditions.
Because the bus is limited, and the aging aggravation of the elderly travel, the people commute to work, students go to school, go out to do things have a close relationship, so the cost must be reasonable and fair people can accept it.
Public transportation itself is a public welfare, and the subsidy is a benefit that taxpayers should enjoy. And some of us don't have this concept, everything is based on profits, and we are bent on how to squeeze money out and put it in our own pockets!