With the approach of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon, the flow of returning passengers for the Spring Festival is becoming increasingly large. However, since January 31, our country has suffered the strongest winter rain, snow and freezing weather since 2009. Especially since February 3, the central and eastern regions have entered the strongest stage of rain and snow, and parts of Hunan, Hubei, Henan and Anhui have suffered severe impact from freezing rain and heavy snowfall. In the face of such extreme weather, the Ministry of Emergency Management has launched a four-level response to low-temperature, rain, snow and freezing disasters in 11 provinces.
This year's Spring Festival transportation is expected to have 9 billion cross-regional movements, and the strongest rain and snow and the busiest Spring Festival travel will meet unexpectedly, which will undoubtedly bring huge pressure to traffic everywhere. In order to meet this challenge, all localities and departments have shown a sense of responsibility to "always be at ease" and are fully prepared at multiple levels.
All localities have refined the plan and arrangement, putting "safety" in the first place. In the face of traffic hazards caused by widespread rain and snow, especially when the number of self-driving passengers is as high as 7.2 billion, all localities are taking active actions. Zhengzhou, for example, dispatched nearly 30,000 people to remove snow overnight to ensure that roads were clear. At the same time, according to possible extreme situations, all localities have also improved the early warning and response linkage mechanism, refined risk investigation measures, and strived to achieve safe travel without dead ends.
In terms of scientific scheduling, all localities have also made great efforts. In order to ensure the convenience of passengers, various localities have not only increased the number of spare vehicles and shifts, optimized the allocation of transportation capacity, but also arranged manpower guidance in congested road sections. In addition, some localities have also learned from Beijing's practice of adding temporary bus stations for the Spring Festival, adding subways and taxis, realizing the effective connection between short-distance passenger transport and long-distance transportation, and ensuring smooth connections during the Spring Festival transportation period.
In terms of front-line services, warm-hearted measures have been taken frequently in various places. For example, the railway department launched a series of convenient measures before the Spring Festival, including optimizing the rules for ticket reservation and rebooking, piloting the "walking baby cabin", etc., which were well received by the majority of netizens. In the face of delays in train flights and traffic jams on highways that may be caused by rain, snow and freezing weather, the transportation department is also actively responding to ensure that people on the move can feel warm. For example, high-tech means such as big data are used to monitor changes in traffic flow in real time and guide the public to travel reasonably; Provide timely services for passengers stranded on the road, especially for special groups such as the elderly and the young, pregnant women, and the disabled.
The spring of the year is new, and the journey is warm all the way". The Spring Festival not only carries the beautiful expectations of countless people for family reunion, but also embodies everyone's heart for the protection of the "Safe Spring Festival". On the way back to our hometown, let us not forget our safety awareness and civilized literacy, reasonably arrange travel strategies, and jointly welcome the beautiful moment of safe arrival and warm reunion.
Chinese New Year