According to the forecast of the Department of Transport, the number of passengers traveling during the holiday occasion of April 30 and May 1 this year will increase sharply, focusing on routes to the provinces of South East, South West and Central Highland. The transport enterprises will ensure the means to meet the requirements of the people.
Passenger vehicles are gathered at provincial passenger station. Photo: Duy Chi
Passenger volume to surge as forecast
The number of passengers traveling by road and waterway passenger transport has increased sharply by 40% since April 17, the Department of Transport and Communications The Ministry of Transport has issued a written request for public passenger transport units, car terminals and river crossings in the province to plan passenger service and transportation, ensure adequate staffing. , service facilities; The lack of means, the passengers have to wait, the landing berth, waiting due to lack of means.
The Department also requires car terminals, river crossings, enterprises providing public passenger transport services to ensure security and anti-terrorism; to arrange reasonable parking spaces for vehicles in service of public passenger transport, with adequate lighting and sanitation areas.
In order to ensure traffic order and safety, the provincial / municipal Communications and Transport Services shall request the traffic-transportation inspection to take initiative in coordinating with the traffic police and local administrations in regularly patrolling and inspecting, controlling the operation of car terminals, public transport enterprises during the holidays. Along with that, traffic inspectors need to strictly handle the case of cars running around, not running properly routes, collecting money in contravention of regulations.
Various measures to service the passengers
Huynh Van Trong, director of the provincial bus station, said that the holiday on April 30 and May 1 this year, although many days off, but the forecast number of workers in Binh Duong to work in the northern provinces will be. not big. The Binh Duong, South East and South West routes, due to the short distance, the number of passengers will increase 40% compared to weekdays. The provincial bus station has developed a plan to ensure sufficient means of transport to meet passengers' travel requirements and ensure that no passengers are expected to wait for the means or get stuck at the terminals.
According to Trong, the provincial bus station has developed a plan to ensure safety and adequate means of servicing passengers in a synchronous and synchronous manner with different levels of forecasting, such as: each unit, enterprises must ensure the backup means as registered. When there is a sudden increase in the number of passengers on one or several routes, the bus station management will mobilize the reserved means of other routes to support. This option ensures the initiative and within the executive board.
At the higher level, the number of passengers rises dramatically and simultaneously at many lines within the management of the bus station, the steering committee will mobilize public transport means of public passenger transport enterprises. plus (bus) to support, relieve pressure. At this level, there is no need for intervention and support from the Department of Transport and Traffic with the solution of issuing badges. The provincial bus station also provides for the contingency plan in the capacity and power of the wharf to regulate the backup means of enterprises and transport cooperatives operating regularly at the wharf.
At the provincial bus station, there are enough vehicles to travel from Binh Duong to other provinces in the country. In particular, the routes from Binh Duong to the famous places in tourism such as Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan, Lam Dong, Can Tho, Dong Thap ... 70% of the means has been modernized. (high quality 2-bed cab).
Reported by Duy Chi – Translated by Vi Bao
