Travel traffic in 35 large and medium-sized cities: These cities are regaining their former vitality

From February 28 to March 14, the 21st Century Economic Research Institute selected 35 key cities and observed the urban vitality reflected by the intensity of travel within the city based on Baidu migration data.

As the epidemic gradually stabilizes, the vitality of cities across the country is picking up. Not only have enterprises and institutions taken measures to resume work in an orderly and batched manner week by week, but as the weather gets warmer, citizens’ willingness to travel has increased. The sleeping city is waking up, and the picture of bustling life is recovering.

The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on March 4 emphasized that transportation must be the first to bring economic and social development back on track as soon as possible. Previously, the official website of the Ministry of Transport issued the "Notice on scientifically ensuring urban and rural road transport services during epidemic prevention and control by zoning and grading" on February 28, requiring all provincial transportation authorities to lead the local epidemic prevention and control work mechanism. Next, according to the list of low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk counties (cities, districts, and banners) within the jurisdiction, the zoning and hierarchical control requirements will be implemented, and road passenger transport, urban bus transportation (including urban rail transit) and taxis will be restored in an orderly manner. (including online car-hailing) and other urban and rural road transportation services.

Due to the different epidemic situations in different regions, various regions across the country are reducing travel restrictions on residents and resuming urban and rural road transportation services in a scientific and orderly manner based on zoning and grading. From February 28 to March 14, the 21st Century Industry Research Institute selected 35 key cities and observed the urban vitality reflected by the intensity of travel within the city based on Baidu migration data, providing more information and reference for orderly promotion of the recovery of production and life.

These 35 cities include: Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Shenyang, Dalian, Changchun, Harbin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Hefei, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Nanchang, Jinan, Qingdao , Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanning, Haikou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Xining, Yinchuan and Urumqi.

Five cities are the first to bear the brunt: On March 4, Shanghai, Nanjing, Xiamen, Jinan, and Xining became the first cities where the intensity of intra-city travel in 2020 was higher than the same period in 2019. Since the resumption of work on February 10, the intra-city travel intensity of these five cities has been on a weekly basis, with a clear upward trend month-on-month.

This is due to the fact that cities have taken active measures to smooth traffic and promote the resumption of work and production based on the epidemic situation in their regions. These measures include chartering buses for people returning to work to return to work, customizing dedicated commuter lines for public transportation, establishing a QR code system for epidemic prevention registration for passengers on taxis, subways, buses, trams and ferries, and gradually shortening the departure time of public transportation. Major transportation infrastructure projects have resumed work. In addition, each city has formulated relevant measures based on the actual situation in the region.

On March 4, Shanghai’s intra-city travel intensity was 4.49, exceeding 4.16 in the same period last year; on March 10, it was 4.99, exceeding 4.48 in the same period last year; on March 11, it was 5.05, exceeding 4.18 in the same period last year. Recently, some inter-provincial routes in Shanghai have also resumed operations one after another, and the Shanghai Pujiang Tourist Industry has resumed sailing; previously, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Administration formulated the "Yangtze River Delta Epidemic Prevention and Control Transportation Integrated Freight Vehicle Pass", and those who hold the pass do not need to return to Shanghai. Re-isolation; in order to reduce the impact of shortened operations on passengers, Longyang Road Station, Century Avenue Station, and Jing'an Temple Station have launched the last bus of surrounding buses for passengers to travel at night.

On March 4, Nanjing’s 4.40 exceeded 4.26 in the same period last year; on March 10, it exceeded 4.71 in the same period last year with 4.79; on March 11, it exceeded 4.35 in the same period last year with 4.90. This stems from Nanjing’s measures to gradually restore daily traffic routes. On February 26, the working days of seven Nanjing Metro lines returned to normal; on February 21, the Nanjing Traffic Control Group issued a notice to orderly resume inter-city and inter-county shuttle buses to facilitate the resumption of work and production.

On March 4, Xiamen’s 4.31 exceeded the 4.12 in the same period last year; on March 10, it exceeded 4.40 in the same period last year with 4.77; on March 11, it exceeded 3.81 in the same period last year with 4.79.

In terms of relevant policies, on February 20, the Xiamen Municipal Transportation Bureau issued "Several Measures for the Transportation Industry to Respond to the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic and Support Enterprises to Overcome Difficulties (First Batch)", ***16 Articles policies to support enterprises in the transportation industry to tide over the difficulties; at the same time, Fujian Province issued the "Notice on Several Measures to Support the Development of the Modern Transportation Service Industry in Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic", which contains 11 measures to support the resumption of production in the modern transportation service industry. As one of the pilot cities, Xiamen was the first to implement Didi Chuxing's "epidemic traceability system".

On March 4, Jinan’s 4.49 exceeded the same period last year’s 4.01; on March 10, its 4.94 exceeded the same period last year’s 4.34; on March 11, its 5.01 exceeded the same period last year’s 4.57; on March 20 , with 5.09 exceeding 4.78 in the same period last year. Jinan City has issued the "Ten Measures for Jinan Traffic Police to Ensure Resumption of Work and Production and Serve Economic and Social Development", including lifting restrictions on freight vehicles;

On March 4, Xining's 4.25 exceeded the 4.11 in the same period last year; March 10 On March 11, it exceeded 4.34 in the same period last year with 4.64; on March 11, it exceeded 4.20 in the same period last year with 4.67; on March 20, it exceeded 4.51 in the same period last year with 4.80, which is about to approach last year's highest level (4.86).

On March 11, some high schools and secondary vocational schools in Xining City have started their term.

Twelve cities followed: After the first batch of five monitored cities’ travel intensity exceeded last year’s level on March 4, on March 10, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanning, Shenyang, Kunming, and Ningbo 2020 Intra-city travel intensity in 2019 was higher than that in the same period in 2019. On March 11, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Qingdao, and Changchun were also higher than the same period last year. In fact, since the resumption of work on February 10, transportation in various cities has gradually resumed daily operations to ensure smooth traffic and promote the resumption of work and production of enterprises.

On March 10, the travel intensity in Shenzhen city was 3.83, which exceeded 3.64 in the same period last year; on March 11, it exceeded 3.30 in the same period last year. From February 24, all bus lines in Shenzhen, except specific lines, Normal operations have resumed; and you can check the congestion levels and arrival times of some subway and bus carriages through the WeChat applet.

On March 10, Hangzhou's 5.18 exceeded the 5.05 in the same period last year; on March 11, the 5.25 exceeded the 4.71 in the same period last year. On March 4, Hangzhou innovatively launched the "Driver Green" in the field of online ride-hailing. The health code is used to sign up for work and passengers place orders with a green code. The "two codes (health code, epidemic prevention code)" application has also been launched in the cruise taxi field. Previously, the Hangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau announced that from 0:00 on February 17, Hangzhou urban public transportation and municipal road passenger transportation would resume operations to meet the needs of resuming work and production.

In Ningbo, 5.50 exceeded 5.47 in the same period last year on March 10; on March 11, 5.60 exceeded 5.09 in the same period last year. On February 11, public transportation in Ningbo gradually resumed daily operations. Serve.

On the 10th, Nanning’s 4.39 exceeded the 4.33 in the same period last year; on March 11, it exceeded the 4.33 in the same period last year with 4.36. As of February 22, except for the three joint quarantine points, all other joint quarantine points in Nanning have been cancelled, opening up the last mile of traffic and helping residents resume production and life in an orderly manner.

On the 10th, Shenyang’s 4.86 exceeded 4.85 in the same period last year. On the 11th, 4.86 exceeded 4.62 in the same period last year. On February 21, all public transportation in Shenyang resumed normal operations. On the 10th, Kunming reached the level of 4.21 for the same period last year, and on the 11th it exceeded 4.06 for the same period last year with 4.26. On February 29, Kunming Metro resumed full operation.

On March 11, Guangzhou’s intra-city travel intensity was 3.52, which exceeded 3.47 in the same period last year. Fuzhou’s 3.99 exceeded 3.73 in the same period last year; Qingdao’s 4.93 exceeded 4.60 in the same period last year; Chengdu’s 4.40 exceeded 4.31 in the same period last year; Changchun’s 4.82 exceeded The same period last year was 4.65, and Guiyang’s 4.07 exceeded last year’s 4.06.

More than half of the cities are ready for development. In addition to the growth in traffic vitality in the aforementioned cities, the intensity of intra-city travel in Chongqing, Xi'an, Hefei, Haikou, and Changsha is about to exceed the level of the same period last year; in addition, Beijing, Tianjin, etc. Intra-city travel intensity in other sample cities showed an overall upward trend, but did not exceed the level of the same period last year and is still in the recovery period.

Online ride-hailing companies have also launched new measures to help resume work in response to current conditions. On March 11, Didi Hitchhiking urgently launched the "Colleagues on the Road" function and opened authorization for companies or units in need. Authorized companies can use the service from 5:00-23:00. Caocao Travel also provides flexible and diverse service models such as shared seat charters, reservation orders, real-time orders, etc. to provide employees with commuting guarantee for enterprises that have resumed work. Affected by the epidemic, travel intensity has been delayed due to holidays and staggered returns to work, and the time span of travel flow has been further lengthened.

As the epicenter of the epidemic, Wuhan’s travel intensity is always less than 1 and has no fluctuations.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.