What changes have taken place in Shanghai’s traffic since it withdrew from the ＂Top Ten Blocked Cities＂
At 9 o’clock, Zhu Liyu, who lives in Longchang Road, Yangpu District, drove from Zhoujiazui Road ramp to the Inner Ring Road and was drowned in the traffic that did not see the beginning and end of the morning peak. 40 minutes later, he arrived at the company parking garage on Lilac Road in Pudong, five minutes ahead of the 45 minutes predicted by the navigation software.
"The traffic congestion in Shanghai has indeed improved." Zhu Liyu’s experience is not accidental. A few days ago, the Traffic Analysis Report of Major Cities in China in Q2 2019, which was jointly released by several institutions, announced the congestion ranking of 50 cities in the second quarter of 2019, and Shanghai ranked 15th, dropping out of the "Top Ten Blocked Cities". In the same period of last year, Shanghai ranked eighth in this list, while in the same period of 2014, the congestion situation in Shanghai ranked first.
What changes have taken place in Shanghai’s traffic over the years?
"Beauty of Shanghai Order" friends circle swiped the screen
Relying on scientific and technological innovation, Shanghai Public Security Bureau constantly empowers the "electronic police". Behind every picture that embodies the beauty of order, there is an "electronic policeman" who works 24 hours a day.
Not long ago, a group of posts "This is the beauty of Shanghai order" were screened in the WeChat circle of friends. In these pictures taken by the surveillance video, at the place where the two lanes of the elevated ramp "merge into one", vehicles pass alternately in turn, such as the same smooth zipper. Not far away, the traffic police set up a reminder sign, and the ground was also marked with the obvious words "alternate traffic". Netizens have praised it.
A few years ago, the phenomenon of illegal fighting for roads and grabbing lines at the "combination of two and one" on the elevated ramp was everywhere, causing artificial congestion. Such large-scale and wide-ranging illegal acts exist widely, so it is necessary to find out in time when obtaining evidence. The elevated detachment of Shanghai Public Security Traffic Police can only divert traffic in the morning and evening rush hours, and then randomly carry out special rectification at various illegal-prone turnouts, with limited effect.
Behind every picture that embodies the beauty of order, there is an "electronic policeman" who works 24 hours a day. In recent years, relying on scientific and technological innovation, Shanghai Public Security Bureau has continuously empowered the "electronic police". Today’s electronic police can not only collect evidence for illegal acts such as speeding, running red lights and illegal parking, but also locate and capture many traffic violations such as motor vehicle horn, not wearing seat belts, changing lanes and traffic jams, making big turns and turning small. At the same time, the original "electronic police" has been continuously upgraded, and a set of equipment can simultaneously capture a variety of common traffic violations.
"Clearing traffic jams and ensuring traffic smoothness" was once a high-frequency word mentioned in Shanghai traffic management. In recent years, "strictly controlling traffic violations" has gradually become the focus of Shanghai public security traffic management. Data analysis shows that traffic violations are prone to occur frequently, which is the main reason for the chaos of road traffic order in Shanghai. In the eyes of professionals, the traffic police who have the power to enforce the law will focus on the rectification of traffic violations, use the "electronic police" to efficiently collect evidence of traffic violations, and seize the "bull nose" to control traffic congestion.
The traffic in mega-cities is like the human circulatory system, and one place is blocked and affects the whole body. As long as there is a car accident or breaks down, there will be a long queue behind. With the strict control of traffic violations, the number of road traffic accidents, deaths and injuries in Shanghai continued to decline, down by 8.7%, 13.2% and 2.6% respectively.
Smart "traffic lights" can predict traffic flow.
Last year, a brand-new "intelligent signal lamp system" was tried out in Shanghai. This set of traffic lights can sense and collect traffic data through multiple channels, and give the best scheme of signal control and traffic organization.
In the past, a typical intersection was like this: there were auxiliary police on all sides to help manage non-motor vehicles and pedestrians, while the traffic police stood in the middle of the road to direct and divert traffic, and they had to run around from time to time to enforce the law.
Traffic guidance depends on what the traffic police see and hear. Moreover, only the guidance on the "point" can only transmit the traffic pressure at one intersection to the next intersection. Improving road traffic efficiency must be a "systematic project" of a line and a network. On the eve of the first China International Import Expo last year, a brand-new "intelligent signal lamp system" was tried out in Shanghai. This set of signal lights does not simply indicate stopping or passing, but senses and collects traffic data through multiple channels, and gives the best scheme of signal control and traffic organization.
Wang Liang, deputy head of the Traffic Police Corps of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that the data collected by this intelligent transportation system can provide a basis for the on-site management of traffic police. "For example, if you know which road and which direction the traffic load is too large, the traffic police can guide the traffic diversion in advance, dynamically allocate the right of way and improve the traffic efficiency." According to calculation, through such dynamic and timely management measures, the regional road traffic efficiency has been improved by more than 10%. The reporter learned from the Traffic Police Corps of the Municipal Public Security Bureau that before the end of this year, there will be 1,000 intersections in the city with this set of traffic lights.
"I thought that the road construction would be very blocked, but I didn’t expect it to be smooth." Mr. Zeng, who lives in Wuning Road, was once worried that the road closure would affect his travel because of the reconstruction of the road at his doorstep. Unexpectedly, after the construction began, temporary traffic lanes were newly built and variable lanes were set. He did not feel that the road occupation construction brought too much impact. "The refinement of Shanghai is reflected in these details."
"We insist on the second-by-second adjustment of signal lights, the improvement of traffic organization one by one, and the improvement of road traffic efficiency through minor changes." Wang Liang said that taking the 104 down ramps with hidden dangers of "poor downlink" in the city as an example, every traffic police detachment should go to the local down ramps for on-the-spot investigation, investigate the reasons for poor downlink and formulate solutions one by one.
"Yan’ an elevated Tibet South Road has a large traffic volume and is often congested. After investigation, we found that there is a blank period between the traffic lights at the two intersections before and after the ramp, and the road resources are relatively rich." After repeated research, the elevated detachment of the Traffic Police Corps of the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the local traffic police, through fine-tuning the green light signal time, used this short time to quickly release 50 to 100 vehicles. In this way, the congestion on the off-ramp can be alleviated.
Remediation of traffic violations of non-motor vehicles and pedestrians
The rectification of non-motor vehicles and pedestrians’ violation of the law is large in quantity and wide in scope, and there is a lack of management hands like motor vehicle driver’s license and license plate. Since March 24 this year, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau has launched a centralized and unified operation every week.
"Shanghai’s traffic rectification has been carried out for more than three years, and citizens generally report that motor vehicles are more disciplined. However, traffic violations of non-motor vehicles and pedestrians are still high, which undermines traffic order and brings many security risks. " Wang Liang said that while keeping the "three chaos and one rebellion" of motor vehicles prominent in the strict investigation of traffic violations, since last year, the traffic police department has made traffic violations of non-motor vehicles and pedestrians the focus of rectification.
Speaking of rectifying non-motor vehicles and pedestrians, many front-line traffic police are puzzled: on the one hand, such violations are extensive; On the other hand, there is a lack of management grips like motor vehicle driving license and license plate. Wang Liang said: "We ask the traffic police to enforce the law as strictly as non-motor vehicles and pedestrians." Since March 24 this year, Shanghai public security organs have organized weekly centralized and unified actions to tackle and rectify traffic violations of non-motor vehicles and pedestrians, with the participation of the whole police, to tackle and rectify various traffic violations of non-motor vehicles and pedestrians.
Police-enterprise cooperation, social governance, alleviating parking difficulties
In response to the needs of residents for parking at night and picking up and dropping off students, the traffic police department, together with relevant local governments and functional departments, has taken measures to alleviate the "long-standing problem" of parking difficulties.
When Ms. Zhang, a citizen, was stopped for crossing the road at a red light for the first time, she was not fined. The traffic police only gave her oral education after registering her identity information. This is a "progressive" law enforcement mode adopted by Shanghai traffic police against pedestrian traffic violations: the first education, the second warning, and the third and above penalties.
Lifestyle changes bring new challenges to traffic management. In recent years, the development of the take-away and express delivery industry, which generally relies on non-motor vehicles to solve the "last mile", has aggravated the traffic violations of non-motor vehicles. On July 1st, the off-site enforcement system of electric bicycle traffic violations based on RFID technology was put into use. At present, the construction and installation of RFID collection equipment have been completed at key intersections and sections of the outer ring road of the city, and 54,000 electric bicycles engaged in express delivery and take-away industries have been replaced with new electronic license plates. "In the past, we lacked an effective grasp of managing non-motor vehicles, and electronic license plates provided us with a solution to the problem." According to the relevant person in charge of the traffic police department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, as of July 28, this system has seized more than 9,400 non-motor vehicle traffic violations.
A few days ago, the reporter saw in the Huaihai Road business circle that the sign of "temporary parking spot for non-motor vehicles of take-away enterprises" was hung in the open space around buildings such as Times Square and Hong Kong Plaza in Shanghai. From time to time, take-away riders rode their cars here to run and deliver meals. Correspondingly, the phenomenon that non-motor vehicles are parked and placed on the road is reduced.
Huaihai Road Business Circle gathers commercial buildings and commercial shops, and the demand for logistics and take-away services is amazing. However, Huaihai Middle Road is a non-road section, and non-motor vehicles are prohibited from passing through the whole line. Some take-away and express delivery practitioners not only ride illegally, but also stop and put them in disorder. While contacting the property to implement the parking resources, the traffic police department promotes the cooperation between the police and enterprises and social co-governance, and innovates safety management measures such as big data screening of the problem network car, digital management of bike-sharing, "one person, one car, one license and one yard" for take-away riders and personnel score management. Last week, 28 express delivery companies jointly signed a joint commitment on rider traffic safety.
Parking difficulty is a "long-standing problem" in traffic management. Since the traffic rectification, the city has drawn a total of 239 "yellow solid lines" roads, and parking is prohibited across the whole line, which makes many drivers feel "very inconvenient". "In addition to strict law enforcement, we also consider the actual needs." Wang Liang said that in order to alleviate the difficulty of getting on and off taxis, the traffic police department has set up more than 3,000 taxi pick-up and drop-off points at bus stops. In view of the practical needs of residents such as parking at night and picking up and dropping off students, the traffic police department actively cooperates with relevant local governments and functional departments to take measures to alleviate the parking problem. In addition to adding time-limited road parking lots and night-time road parking lots on roads where conditions permit, we also actively tap the potential, build and add parking facilities, coordinate to turn idle land into temporary parking lots, and make use of the difference in parking demand time between residential areas and surrounding commercial buildings, hospitals, etc., and use and share parking facilities at wrong times.
At present, the city has more than 2,300 road parking lots with more than 90,000 berths. Among them, there are 116 night road parking lots to alleviate the parking difficulties in residential areas, which can park about 3,300 vehicles, and 273 temporary road parking lots to alleviate the parking difficulties for students, which can park about 5,900 vehicles. (Reporter Wang Xianle Jian Gongbo)