10 new Olympic bus routes open for traffic in Beijing

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Operations started on 10 Olympic bus routes on Sunday to carry the expected increase in passengers to Beijing's major sports venues. The routes will make up for the relative shortage of public transport around Olympic venues, said Yao Zhenping, assistant to the ... ...manager of the Beijing Public Transport Holdings Group. Another 24 special bus routes for the Olympics will be opened for traffic on Aug. 9, he said. The 34 routes will operate until Sept.running around the clock. Yao said the newly-opened routes would help transport some 500,000 passenger daily. "With the new routes, passenger trips to the Olympic venues are becoming much easier now," said Ren Jun, a volunteer driver for the Beijing's 350 existing routes are to run later, said Zhou Zhengyu, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications. The city's public transport system will be able to Beijing has planned to add 3,000 buses to its roads in the month up to Aug.handling capacity to 15 million passengers from 12. The opening of several new metro lines and more than 60,000 cabs will also help to meet the increasing transport demand from spectators, athletes, reporters and travelers, he said.Vehicles run on the west 2nd Ring Road in Beijing, July 20, 2008.two-month-long control of vehicle use to ease traffic pressure and improve air quality for the Olympic Games, set to open in 19 days.days in the metropolis, which boasts 3.29 million vehicles. BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Sunday saw the start of two months of vehicle control in Beijing to ease traffic pressure and improve air quality for the Olympic Games. Beijing's drivers found much fewer vehicles on the road and a much smoother drive in the morning, partly because it was on the weekend but largely because of the vehicle restrictions. BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will lift the even-odd ban on vehicles between midnight and 3:00 a.Olympic Games, said the city transport department Saturday, a day before the ban is to take effect. The city will impose an even-odd system based on licence plate numbers to keep vehicles off the roads on alternate days from July 20 to Sept. This is to ease congestion and improve air quality. BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- After finishing Olympic venue construction projects either on time or ahead of schedule, Beijing honored its commitment of ensuring smooth traffic by opening three new metro lines on An opening ceremony was held at Beitucheng Station, the transfer station of Line 10 and the Olympic Branch Line, on Saturday witnessed the scene. The other line opened was the Airport Line.

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