According to the Beijing Morning Post, Beijing Traffic
Management Bureau (BTMB) and relevant public transportation
departments jointly issued the traffic regulation plan on September
25 for the coming "Golden Week" holiday, from October 1-7.
BTMB stats show that around 2 million people are forecasted to
visit Beijing over the holiday and that the equivalent of 130
million people will use the city's transport.
As 50 important projects will not halt construction for the
holiday and the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival falls on October 6,
which will further increase travel influx, public transportation
departments decided to tighten traffic control from October 1 to 6
in places around the Tian'anmen Square, Badaling Express Way,
Jingshan area, the Summer Palace, the Fragrant Hill, and Fangshan
District's Shidu Town.
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Around the Tian'anmen Square, vehicles are forbidden to pass in
both directions or to park along the Tongzihe River (from Donghua
Gate to Xihua Gate) from 3 PM on September 30 to midnight on
October 2 and from 7 AM until lights-out on October 2-7.
All vehicles cannot use the
square's eastern and western bypasses and should be driven to
Zhengyi Road and the Great Hall of the People's west bypass from 3
PM on September 30 to midnight on October 2 and from 10 AM until
lights-out on October 2-7.
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Along the Badaling Express Way, five-ton trucks are prohibited to
pass from Xikang Road's Kangzhuang Road Crossing to Chadaocheng
Village from west to east, and from Kangzhuang Town to Yingchengzi
Town in direction of Beijing between 7:00-19:00 during October
1-7.
Trucks with five tons' freight
or more are also forbidden to pass from Xiguan Ring Island of
Changping District to Yingchengzi Toll Station in direction to
leave Beijing between 7:00-12:00 during October 1-7.
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Around the Jingshan area, from 7:00-17:00 during October 1-7,
except public buses, vehicles can be driven only northwards on
Jingshan East Street; only westwards in Jingshan Back Street;
southwards on Jingshan West Road; and vehicles cannot pass from
north to east on the Di'anmennei Street south crossing.
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In the area around the Summer Palace and the Fragrant Hill, 1,000
passes for the Summer Palace and 3000 for Fragrant Hill a day will
be issued to Beijing's vehicles from October 1-6. Traffic
administration departments in Beijing's eight districts will
deliver passes from September 27-30 and the Haidian District
traffic administration department shall co-ordinate the program
from October 1-6.
From 8:00-17:00 during October
1-7, except public buses, all vehicles should drive eastbound from
the archway of Donggong Gate of the Summer Palace to Xiyuan Road
Crossing along the Yiheyuan Road; westbound from Dayouzhuang
Overpass to Anhe Overpass in the Yiheyuan Road; southbound starting
at Xinjiangong Gate to Liulang Swimming Pool Station along the
Kunminghu Road; and southbound from Wofo Temple Station to
Minzhuang Road West Crossing along the Xiangshan South Road.
Between 8:00-17:00 during
October 1-6, freight trucks and eight-seater passenger cars without
tourism passports cannot pass from Dayouzhuang Road Crossing to 101
Middle School Station and from Xiangquan Ring Island to Anhe
Overpass.
From October 1-6, except
public buses and vehicles with passes, vehicles cannot pass the
Qinglongqiao Road from 8:00-17:00 and from Xiangquan Ring Island to
the Fragrant Hill Park between 9:00-17:00.
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In Fangshan District's Shidu Town, freight trucks cannot pass
between 7:00-19:00 during October 1-7 from Pianshang Road Crossing
to Shidu Tieluqiao Crossing in Laibao Road and from Shidu Road
Crossing to Dashadi Road Crossing along Shida Road.
At present, over 3,000 policemen are on duty for morning and
afternoon rush hours and more police will be deployed to meet city
traffic's changeable situation.
September 30, October 1, 5 and 6 will see the passenger
transport peak. From September 26 to October 7, Beijing Railway
Station, West Station, North Station and Fengtai Station will sell
tickets 24-hours a day.
(China.org.cn by Zhou Jing, September 30, 2006)