Today (February 26) is the first day of the Spring Festival semester of primary and secondary schools in Beijing in 2024, and the newly upgraded Beijing commute bus service using the second-generation model has been launched again, and the service scope has been extended to the six districts of the city and a total of 8 districts in Tongzhou and Daxing, with 206 new routes planned to be opened, serving 86 schools, and a total of more than 10,000 students can travel to and from school every day.
The reporter took a photo at the school bus stop set up in the east area of Sungezhuang Jiayuan in Tongzhou District.
At 7:10 in the morning, the school bus No. 89 from the east area of Sungezhuang Jiayuan in Tongzhou District to the Tongzhou campus of Huangchenggen Primary School departed on time, and 2 vehicles were arranged on the line, with a total of nearly 40 students. Yuan Luotian, a fifth-grader, said that he could take a car directly to school at the entrance of the community, and he no longer had to worry about being late. This time there is a school bus in front of the house, which is safe and will not be late.
Ms. Wang, a parent, said that the commuting bus service solves the practical difficulties of dual-income families to pick up and drop off their children, and they used to need the support of the elderly, and if the elderly did not have time, parents had to ask for leave. Moreover, the community of relocation housing also solves the urgent need, because the population of the community is still quite large and convenient.
All parties worked together to guide the young students to take the commuting bus in an orderly manner.
In addition to the comprehensive upgrade of safety facilities, the new semester commute bus uses a newly developed second-generation model, and also introduces a small-length model that is more suitable for narrow roads and complex road conditions, which is more flexible. Wang Lanrun, deputy director of the ground bus operation and management department of the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission, introduced that the school bus service has been expanded from the original city 4 districts to the city 6 districts, plus a total of 8 districts in Tongzhou and Daxing, serving 86 schools, and a total of 251 school bus lines. The number of models has increased from 8 meters and 12 meters to 3 models of 6 meters, 8 meters and 12 meters. For some schools in the alley with poor road access conditions, a new 6-meter model was developed.
The second generation of 12-meter new commuter bus was photographed by reporters.
Combined with the suggestions of schools, parents and other parties in the pilot process of last semester, the new semester school bus service has been comprehensively optimized in all aspects such as small program booking, boarding and boarding process and route arrangement, Beijing Public Transport Group Line Network Center Business Manager Liang Liang said that in the experience of using the applet, for example, the function of online refund has been added, and the function of cross-line riding has been added, so that students can take a line in the morning and another line after school, which is more convenient to use. A total of 420 drivers and flight attendants were selected and trained, and occupational health examinations were passed to ensure the safety of the commuter service.
The students in the carriage took the train in an orderly manner, and the reporter took pictures.
In view of the whole process of vehicle operation and parking after arriving at the school, and the flow of students entering and exiting the campus, the traffic management department will formulate a guarantee plan for "one school and one policy". Meng Yu, chief of the order department of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, said that he has actively investigated the potential safety hazards of the line, including the survey of the line station, including the priority of signals on the route. Do a good job in order rectification, take traffic control measures around the front of the school, and set up safety islands, student protection channels and parent distribution areas to reduce the intersection and conflict of vehicles.
The commuting bus arrived at the Tongzhou Campus of Beijing Huangchenggen Primary School Photographed by the reporter.
Liu Dong, principal of the Tongzhou Campus of Beijing Huangchenggen Primary School, said that the school will arrange teacher volunteers to follow the car, and set up a "micro-classroom" in the carriage, and organize a pioneer group of party members and teachers as a fixed teacher to follow the car. Some poetry micro-courses and thinking micro-courses are set up for the children on the bus to ensure that the children can be arranged, organized and rewarded on the bus.
In the next step, on the basis of doing a good job in routine services, the transportation department will coordinate the composite utilization of commuting vehicles, promote the use of collective travel services such as student research and spring outings during non-commuting service hours, and explore the operation of vehicles on conventional bus lines and travel routes, and carry out passenger evacuation and community microcirculation connection services in scenic spots and railway stations, so as to improve the efficiency of vehicle use and ensure the healthy and sustainable development of commuting buses.
Reporter: Huang He.
Editor: Zhu Yanting.