On February 1, the Guangzhou Municipal People's Information Office held a series of press conferences on the 2024 Spring Festival activities. According to the cover news reporter, Zhang Zi, spokesman and deputy director of the Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau, shared the new situation of this year's Spring Festival transportation at the meeting. He pointed out that in the face of the significant increase in passenger flow during the Spring Festival in 2024, Guangzhou has actively responded by strengthening the arrangement of shuttle transfer services.
During this year's Spring Festival, the Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau worked closely with major ride-hailing platforms to jointly address the challenges of the Spring Festival. In order to better serve passengers, Guangzhou coordinated with online car-hailing platforms to increase information push, timely convey the passenger flow of hub stations to drivers, and guide online car-hailing drivers to go to areas with high demand to take orders. This not only improves the efficiency of vehicle scheduling, but also effectively alleviates the traffic pressure during the Spring Festival, the only possibility is that it will have a certain impact on the pick-up and drop-off volume of traditional taxis.
In addition, the Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau has also actively advocated the introduction of preferential measures by major online car-hailing platforms to attract more citizens to choose online car-hailing as a mode of travel. These measures, including but not limited to the issuance of coupons and carpooling discounts, aim to reduce the travel burden of citizens and promote the popularization of green travel concepts.
Through these measures, Guangzhou has effectively improved the efficiency of traffic operation during the Spring Festival travel period, reduced the waiting time of passengers, and provided a more convenient and comfortable travel environment for citizens.