Good News: Since Yesterday, Toll Roads Across The Country Have Been Exempted From Vehicle Tolls.

In February 15th, the Ministry of transport was informed that, with the approval of the State Council, from 0:00 in February 17th to the end of the epidemic prevention and control work, toll roads nationwide were exempted from vehicle tolls. Specific deadline is announced.


It is understood that the free scope is in accordance with the "People's Republic of China Highway Law" and "toll highway management regulations", all the toll roads approved by law (including toll bridges and tunnels); free objects are all vehicles that are charged by toll roads according to law. Among them, the toll freeway is based on the time when vehicles leave the toll lane. The open toll highway and the toll road are based on the time of passing the toll gate by the toll gate.


The Ministry of transport issued a notice to clarify the specific work of toll free road tolls during the period of prevention and control of new crown pneumonia. The provincial people's governments are responsible for the unified organization and implementation. The provincial transportation and transportation authorities should, under the unified leadership of the local government, work out plans with the relevant departments, implement their responsibilities, refine measures, strengthen road maintenance, protect the safety and health of the people, protect the epidemic prevention and control, and transport the production of living materials, and support enterprises to resume work and resume production, so as to provide strong support for stabilizing the overall economic and social situation.




At 14 o'clock in February 15th, the joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference. The head of the Ministry of transport, the state health and Health Commission, the civil aviation bureau and the State Railway Group introduced the situation of the epidemic prevention and control of the Spring Festival transport.


The passenger flow in Spring Festival decreased by 45% compared with the same period last year, and there will be no traditional return peak.


Liu Xiaoming, Vice Minister of transport, said that according to statistics, 283 million passengers were sent to the country from January 25th to February 14th, with a daily average of 13 million 480 thousand passengers, down 82.3% from the same period last year, which is only 1/6 of the total passenger flow in the Spring Festival. Affected by the epidemic, it is estimated that passenger flow will decrease by 45% over the 40 days of Spring Festival.


Liu Xiaoming said that the return of Spring Festival this year has no peak in traditional sense. There will be no passenger flow peak phenomenon with multiple passenger flows in previous years. The peak value will be around 15 million passengers, which is 1/5 of the daily passenger traffic volume.


In the coming period, migrant workers will return to posts and students return to school. There will be fewer official business trips and fewer tourist flows. By the end of February, the passenger flow is expected to be dominated by migrant workers. On the whole, it is estimated that the number of migrant workers returning to the airport is about 300 million passengers. Up to now, they have returned to about 80 million passengers. By the end of February, they will have to return to about 120 million people, and about more than 100 million people will return after March. It is estimated that the number of students returning to school is about 100 million passengers. The return time of students will be determined according to the opening time.


China and foreign airlines handled 20 million tickets.


Li Jian, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that from January 25th to February 14th, the average daily passenger transport volume of civil aviation was 470 thousand, which is 1/4 of the same period last year. Since January 21st, the civil aviation authority has issued four free refund policies, according to statistics. Up to now, Chinese and foreign airlines have handled 20 million tickets, with a face value exceeding 20 billion yuan.


Characteristics of passenger traffic in the coming period:


(1) there will be no return peak similar to previous years.


2. The flow of passenger returns is similar to that of previous years.


There will be no passenger overlay.


Faced with the epidemic, many passengers voluntarily cancelled their travel arrangements. Government agencies, enterprises and institutions of all types of personnel travel has been returned in advance, reducing the pressure of late return. After the opening and resumption of passenger flow, the relevant policies will be postponed if the time for school starts is further postponed.


The railway occupancy rate will be controlled at around 50%.


Li Wenxin, deputy general manager of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., said that the return traffic capacity of the peak load should be arranged accurately, scattered tickets should be distributed, no tickets sold, no seats should be sold, and ticket sales would be controlled at around 50%. For the group passenger flow of the laborers whose input and output are relatively concentrated, they can also organize special trains or chartered buses to ensure orderly return trips.


How to find a fever in travel?


Li Wenxin: the railway department has set up a set of emergency handling procedures for the heating passengers. Each train reserved a certain seat as an isolation area. Train staff will immediately isolate them and send the fever passengers to the station in time for further medical screening and treatment. Disinfect the active passenger area. If confirmed, inform the local government for the first time.


The railway department has already handed over 956 hot passengers, appealed to return passengers to wear masks and walk around.


Li Wenxin said the return measures include:


(1) minimize passenger aggregation, reduce passenger aggregation and disperse as far as possible from the whole process of buying tickets, entering stations, taking buses and leaving stations.


(2) to strengthen the screening and emergency disposal of the fever passengers, 502 passengers and 596 passengers have arrived on the bus.


Third, strengthen the ventilation, disinfection and cleaning work of station cars, strengthen the protection of railway workers themselves, and suspend work for more than 37.3 degrees centigrade.


Li Wenxin also appealed to passengers to do personal protection well, walk less and wear masks on the way back.




In order to prevent and control the epidemic situation, the railway and civil aviation departments have launched a preferential policy of withdrawal and conversion.


On the railway side, Li Wenxin, deputy general manager of China Railway Group, has accumulated 115 million tickets during the Spring Festival. Li Wenxin said that there will be no return peak in the near future. By the end of February, the volume of ticket sales will be around 1 million, less than 1/10 in previous years. A total of 20% of the total passenger traffic will become the main passenger in recent years, a total of 56 million migrant workers have returned to 29 million people.


In civil aviation, Li Jian, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that the policy of free refund for civil aviation has been issued for 4 times this year. Up to now, a total of 20 million tickets have been returned, exceeding 20 billion yuan. Li Jian disclosed that the relevant policies may continue to postpone.