Beijing will buy 2,800 buses to expand the city’s reserve and replace outdated buses in preparation for the Olympic Games, according to Liu Xiaoming, director of the Beijing Municipal Transport Commission.
In addition, the city’s transportation department will open 34 bus routes to the Olympic venues, he told the Beijing Daily.
Liu also promised to make at least 19 night bus routes available during the Olympic Games, including the seven routes already in service. Most of Beijing’s bus routes stop operating between 23:00 and 5:00 at present.
In recent years, Beijing has spent big money to improve transport infrastructure and prioritize public transportation. Since 2007 bus travelers have benefitted from a low-cost, pre-paid bus card system. As of now, more than 16 million cards have been sold, and a daily average of 10 million commuters is registered.
from: beijing2008.cn
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