Guangzhou governance plug program to modify: limit public open private

On January 24, the Guangzhou Municipal Communications Commission issued the "Guangzhou Central City Mitigation Program (Consultation Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Project").

Relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Commission stated that compared with the discussion draft prepared before the Asian Games, the program drew on the practices of the domestic, especially Beijing, increased the management measures for official vehicles, and proposed the feasibility of collecting traffic congestion fees. No measures have been introduced to restrict the purchase of restricted vehicles and vehicles. At the same time, the plan canceled the restrictions on foreign vehicles.

In the "two sessions" in Guangdong, the difficulty of travel has once again become a hot topic for the deputies. Huang Huahua, governor of Guangdong Province, said at the meeting that Guangdong temporarily does not follow the practice of Beijing's purchase of private cars. However, it will intensify efforts to rectify and rectify official vehicles.

Some experts pointed out that relying solely on quantitative control to curb the effect of blocking is limited, and governance blocking will more test the local government's scientific decision-making on urban governance and the trade-off between social benefits and fairness.

Do not limit foreign cars into the city

On January 8th, the draft discussion paper on governance that was introduced in Guangzhou had encountered criticisms such as “empty” and “moderate”. The terms such as restrictions on the increase of foreign vehicles and official vehicles have become the focus of controversy.

After this revision, it was a bright spot to restrict the increment of official vehicles and not to restrict the two regulations on new cars.

The blockage plan proposed that Guangzhou should further strengthen the management of official vehicles. By 2015, all levels of party and government agencies and full-funded institutions in Guangzhou will no longer add official vehicles.

According to the reporter’s understanding, the number of official vehicles in Guangzhou is close to 200,000, accounting for 9% of the total number of vehicles in Guangzhou (21.45 million vehicles), and accounting for 12% of the total number of cars in Guangzhou.

Xu Jianlu, director of the Institute of Intelligent Transportation System and Logistics Technology of South China University of Technology, said that the proportion of official vehicles is not large, but the utilization rate is higher than that of social vehicles, which restricts the official vehicles to have certain mitigation effects on traffic.

There are no restrictions on the number of licenses for new cars. The foreign car, the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Commission explained that the restrictions on foreign vehicles may affect the business and economic and trade exchanges between Guangzhou and its neighboring cities. After research, the plan temporarily suspended measures outside the limits.

Experts from the Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute of Guangdong Province pointed out that the crux of traffic congestion lies mainly in the fact that the central city of Guangzhou is too concentrated in its functions, resulting in heavy traffic pressure. It is recommended that the urban functional areas be appropriately expanded. In addition, the traffic pressure is more concentrated on the main roads, the secondary roads are not very developed and the utilization rate is not high, and the low-level road network should be improved.

Congestion fees to be broken

The plan proposes that Guangzhou should learn from the experience of cities such as Singapore and London in adjusting the number of vehicles by collecting traffic jam fees. Based on scientific assessment, it is feasible to impose traffic regulation congestion fees on traffic jams in some key roads in Guangzhou. Conduct research and demonstration.

Congestion charges have a rational side as an economic means of urban traffic management, but its feasibility has been questioned. Large cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have already brewing, but no related measures have been introduced.

"Currently, Guangzhou will not accept blocking fees," Zou Xiaojiang, head of the traffic management department of the Guangzhou Municipal Communications Committee, revealed that Guangzhou should start research as soon as possible, including the scope, timing, standards, and forms of congestion charges.

“From a nationwide perspective, big cities are looking at me and I look at you to see who is the first to break the ice. At this stage, it mainly depends on whether Beijing is really implemented. If a large city is implemented, it will inevitably have a domino effect.” Xu Jianhao said. From the psychology of the public, it is not desirable to collect traffic congestion fees. However, in the case of obvious lack of road resources, it must be regulated by administrative means and economic measures to curb excessive use of resources. “Some people go to public transport and some of them are responsible for traffic congestion fees. Congestion fees handed in have to be subsidized by buses, so that efficiency and fairness can be balanced,” said Xu.

In the program, Guangzhou proposed the concept of "transit city". Li Jianyu, a member of the Guangdong Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference, pointed out that the most fundamental solution to traffic jams is to give priority to the development of public transport. The problems that exist are the long waiting time for buses, the crowded rides, and the inconvenience of connecting. She suggested that the Guangdong Provincial Government allocates 100 million yuan of special funds each year for bus stops, public transport IC cards, and intelligent transportation.