Shanghai lines up new tram system
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="gauging">gauging</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="feedback">feedback</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="tram">tram</span> <span word="system">system</span>.</p><p><span word="City">City</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> - 90 <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="track">track</span> - <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southwestern">southwestern</span> <span word="Songjiang">Songjiang</span> <span word="district">district</span>. <span word="Powered">Powered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="electricity">electricity</span>, <span word="trams">trams</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="streets">streets</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wider">wider</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> 800 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tram">tram</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2020 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="supplement">supplement</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="transportation">transportation</span> <span word="network">network</span>.</p><p><span word="Transport">Transport</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="welcomed">welcomed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="move">move</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initial">initial</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="commuters">commuters</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="positive">positive</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="drive">drive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tram">tram</span>," <span word="college">college</span> <span word="lecturer">lecturer</span> <span word="Zheng">Zheng</span> <span word="Weiyong">Weiyong</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Songjiang">Songjiang</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="City">City</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="new">new</span>-<span word="town">town</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> 1.1 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2020 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="focal">focal</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="tram">tram</span> <span word="system">system</span>. <span word="Five">Five</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="Songjiang">Songjiang</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="City">City</span>.</p><p><span word="Zheng">Zheng</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="spends">spends</span> <span word="about">about</span> 1,000 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($160) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="complained">complained</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="parking">parking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="headache">headache</span>.</p><p><span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tram">tram</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="pass">pass</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="home">home</span>, "<span word="making">making</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="convenient">convenient</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="teacher">teacher</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="hopes">hopes</span> <span word="trams">trams</span> "<span word="won">won</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="lanes">lanes</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="busy">busy</span> <span word="roads">roads</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span>".</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Transport">Transport</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Port">Port</span> <span word="Authority">Authority</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trams">trams</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="transportation">transportation</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Songjiang">Songjiang</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fill">fill</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gap">gap</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span> <span word="transit">transit</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="buses">buses</span>.</p>
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