Cover News Reporter Lu Dang.
The 40-day Spring Festival ended on March 5. The cover news reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport that the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society is expected to exceed 8.4 billion in the 40 days of the Spring Festival in 2024.
According to the data, the railway passenger traffic is expected to complete 4800 million passengers; The flow of people on the road is expected to be completed 78300 million person-times, of which 67 are expected to be completed on expressways and ordinary national and provincial highways200 million passengers (accounting for about 80% of the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society), and the commercial passenger traffic of highways is expected to be completed 11100 million people. It is estimated that 29 million passengers will be transported by water, and 83 million passengers will be transported by civil aviation.
According to reports, during the Spring Festival, the national transportation system strengthened overall scheduling, strengthened capacity guarantee, strengthened safety supervision, strengthened emergency response, and refined the response plan for bad weather and large passenger flow, so that more people can return home safer and more convenient.
In order to do a good job in the smooth flow of logistics during the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Transport plays the role of a special class for logistics security, focuses on tracking material needs, coordinates relevant departments of the ministry and province, and tracks and monitors the logistics and transportation conditions of key areas, hubs and main channels; Comprehensively map out the demand for key materials, especially people's biological resources, and at the same time strengthen transportation capacity reserves, ensure the smooth flow of the main road network logistics "artery", ensure the efficient and smooth "microcirculation" at the end of urban and rural areas, and ensure that key people's biological resources can be transported effectively, orderly and stably.
It is understood that the total mileage of China's comprehensive transportation network has exceeded 6 million kilometers. In 2023, 2,776 kilometers of high-speed railways will be newly opened, 7,000 kilometers of expressways will be built, renovated and expanded, 1,000 kilometers of new and improved waterways will be added, and 259 airports will be transported. The well-connected transportation network has gradually turned the vision of "people enjoying their travel and goods flowing smoothly" into reality.