In these years, it is difficult to make a "** air conditioner".
If there are too many people who want to be warm, it will often make everyone feel that you are not giving enough.
For example, the big warm man Guangzhou Metro is always complained about and doesn't take enough care of himself.
In the past two days, a comment has been widely circulated on the Internet.
This generous statement pointed directly to a major problem in the construction of the subway in Guangzhou
The new subway was built only in the suburbs, but avoided large residential areas.
For example, Zengcheng and Nansha are connected to the subway, but Guangzhou Avenue and Huangpu Avenue have no subway to divert traffic.
This statement can indeed poke many people. After all, in everyone's heart, the place where they live is the place where the city's commuting demand is the strongest, and it is also the place where the traffic needs to be improved the most.
So, is Guangzhou Metro so blamed?
For Guangzhou Metro, say a few words
First of all, does the Guangzhou subway really avoid residential areas and give priority to serving the wilderness? Not to mention the early subway, let's take the line of Guangzhou's recent three-phase subway construction plan.
Among the lines constructed in the third phase, the eastern extension of Line 3 is to connect the Asian Games City to the urban area; The eastern extension of Line 5 is to connect the eastern part of Huangpu to the urban area; The second phase of Line 7 is to open up the connection between Old Huangpu and Science City; The second phase of Line 10, Line 12 and Line 13 all cross the central city of Guangzhou.
None of these lines are located in the wilderness, but they all serve large residential areas with dense residents.
The station is really desolate, which is the Nansha section of Line 18.
But Line 18 has long-term significance.
On the one hand, the line carries the heavy task of Nansha, the sub-center of Guangzhou, to achieve half an hour to Zhujiang New Town;
On the other hand, the line will also connect Zhongshan and Zhuhai in the future, and the pattern is standing at the height of the Greater Bay Area.
Therefore, judging from the current situation under construction, it must be biased to say that Guangzhou subway stations are located in the wilderness and do not serve residents.
So, for Guangzhou Avenue, Huangpu Avenue, Zhongshan Avenue, etc., which are seriously congested, Guangzhou Metro, is it really turning a blind eye?
In fact, today's Guangzhou Line 5 is basically parallel to Huangpu Avenue; Line 1 is also basically parallel to Zhongshan Avenue. Over the years, it has been carrying the heavy responsibility of diverting these main roads.
In addition, the second phase of Line 13, which is currently under construction, is along Huangpu Avenue - Dongfeng Road, the main road in the entire urban area of Guangzhou.
Line 26, which has been selected for the next phase of the plan, is basically parallel to the direction of Guangzhou Avenue.
To say that there is no subway on these main roads is a bit of nonsense.
But to be honest, it is not realistic to really expect to build a subway to solve the congestion of the main transportation road.
On the one hand, it is difficult for the subway to completely divert the demand for car travel. Even if the subway is connected, these roads will still be blocked.
On the other hand, the construction of subways along the city's main roads is inherently difficult to construct, and even increases congestion during construction.
Therefore, we can look forward to the subway of Guangzhou Avenue and Huangpu Avenue, but don't think that if you pass the subway, you can say goodbye to congestion.
Of course, even if this widely circulated comment is biased in many places, it does hit many pain points in the subway.
Guangzhou Metro, we have to let everyone sit on it first
In fact, there are complaints about the old subway repair in the suburbs where no one is there, not only in Guangzhou, but in almost every city with a subway. 
There are many reasons behind this.
Selling land must be a big reason, and this is not cold.
Across the country, subway losses are a common occurrence.
According to relevant statistics, among the subway companies in the 32 cities that published their annual reports in 2022, if the local ** subsidy is deducted, the subway in 27 cities is loss-making, including Guangzhou.
Source: Time Weekly.
The main reason is that the subway is too expensive.
According to statistics, the average construction cost per kilometer of the subway is about 700 million. During operation, there are also significant manpower, maintenance, and operating costs.
These costs, relying on subway fares alone are certainly a drop in the bucket.
Hong Kong and Shenzhen, as one of the few cities where metro companies can make a profit, have a successful experience in TOD development of subway stations. That is, after the opening of the subway, through the development, ** or leasing of the property above the subway, make a profit.
For example, the Hong Kong subway and the Shenzhen subway are often referred to as "real estate development companies engaged in subway business".
There are successful experiences to learn from, and it is actually very understandable that Guangzhou relies on "selling land" or developing properties on top of the subway to share the huge cost of subway construction.
Second, the construction of the subway cannot only serve the dense residential areas of the urban area
In the past, the construction of the Guangzhou subway was to focus on making the subway cover as many areas as possible, and then encrypt it in the urban area.
For example, in 2018, with the opening of the first phase of Line 14 and Line 21, Guangzhou achieved the feat of connecting all 11 districts of the city with subways.
In recent years, subway vacuum areas such as the east of Huangpu, the west of Baiyun, and the east of Panyu have also been solving the dilemma of "defenseless".
For urban residents, if there is no subway, or the subway is not dense enough, they can also choose to commute by bus or self-driving.
For residents in Zengcheng, Conghua, Nansha and other areas, the subway is almost the only option to commute to the urban area.
It is normal logic to let the people in all districts enjoy the subway first, and then consider the encryption of urban lines.
Like the current Guangzhou subway under constructionLine 10, Line 11, Line 12 and Line 13 Phase II, are all urban lines. In the future, after the opening of one by one, the subway network in Guangzhou will achieve almost "zero dead ends".
Moreover, the subway passenger flow needs to be cultivated.
Like Zengcheng's Line 21 (the one that was complained about the atmosphere of the station) and Nansha's Line 4, in the early days of opening, they were complained that the line was deserted, and the line could only transport stools.
But now, the passenger flow of these lines has gradually reached a terrible level. For example, Line 21 in the morning rush hour already has the style of Line 3.
Therefore, when Guangzhou continues to build subways in Zengcheng and Nansha, there is no need to complain.
Maybe one day, when you are out of breath in the city, you will be glad that these areas also have subways, and you can follow the subway to find a place where you can live comfortably.