Shanghai residents go 'BMW' to beat jams
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="abandoning">abandoning</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="cars">cars</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="adopting">adopting</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="dubbed">dubbed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="BMW">BMW</span> <span word="commute">commute</span> <span word="pattern">pattern</span> - <span word="bus">bus</span>, <span word="metro">metro</span>, <span word="walk">walk</span> - <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="jams">jams</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="parking">parking</span> <span word="fees">fees</span>.</p><p><span word="Gu">Gu</span> <span word="Liping">Liping</span>, 34, <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="transport">transport</span>, <span word="saving">saving</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> 40 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> 600 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($95) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="parking">parking</span> <span word="fees">fees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gas">gas</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="convenient">convenient</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subway">subway</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="grown">grown</span>, <span word="public">public</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="comfortable">comfortable</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="flexible">flexible</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="Gu">Gu</span> <span word="about">about</span> 55 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> 20 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="park">park</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="just">just</span> 35 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="subway">subway</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> 4 <span word="yuan">yuan</span>.</p><p><span word="Gu">Gu</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="BMW">BMW</span>. <span word="About">About</span> 47 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="commute">commute</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="chose">chose</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="growing">growing</span>, <span word="Sun">Sun</span> <span word="Jianping">Jianping</span>, <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Municipal">Municipal</span> <span word="Transport">Transport</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Port">Port</span> <span word="Authority">Authority</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expanding">expanding</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ease">ease</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="expand">expand</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="lanes">lanes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="existing">existing</span> 162 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="to">to</span> 300 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2017, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="municipal">municipal</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="Ding">Ding</span> <span word="Shoufeng">Shoufeng</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="driver">driver</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="lanes">lanes</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="route">route</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span>, <span word="or">or</span> 10 <span word="minutes">minutes</span>, <span word="during">during</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="peak">peak</span> <span word="times">times</span>.</p><p><span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="drivers">drivers</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span> <span word="fee">fee</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="introduce">introduce</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="measures">measures</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Sun">Sun</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="prefers">prefers</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ease">ease</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="creating">creating</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="on">on</span>.</p>
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