Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world, and Jiang Hui, who has seen the congestion of the imperial capital, departed from the hotel at 8 o'clock the next day.

Traffic congestion is a common problem faced by modern metropolises. With an area of only 2,190 square kilometers and a population of more than 13 million, the island country of Tokyo has more than 8 million motor vehicles

"It's Friday, isn't it? ”

After about half an hour of the convoy, they saw the Goldman Sachs Building not far away, and the time that Jiang Hui expected was still a little different, so Jiang Hui said with some surprise.

"Mr. Jiang, in fact, Tokyo also had an era of unbearable traffic jams. It was the late 80s and early 90s of the last century, and the bubble economy of the island country was in its heyday, with frequent business activities and intensive business contacts, and the vehicles on the streets were naturally congested. At that time, it was normal for cars on the streets of Tokyo to travel at speeds of less than 10 kilometers per hour on weekdays. Kimura, who was sitting next to Jiang Hui, analyzed Jiang Hui.

"Oh, what was the next step in to deal with the situation?"

In order to control traffic congestion, the Celestial Empire has tried various practices such as "single and double number restrictions", "tail number restrictions", "limited license plates", "staggered peak work" and so on, and it is very common for certain types of cars to not be able to enter or pass through the urban area during a specific period of time, but the effect is not good.

For example, Jiang Hui's courtyard in Shichahai, if you drive to Guanghui Building during rush hour, it is basically impossible to reach it without an hour.

In the imperial capital, the commuting time is only half an hour, which is definitely super close distance, the commute time to work is less than one hour, which is average, and the commute time to work is more than two hours, which is also very normal.

Otherwise, there would not be so many migratory birds in the imperial capital, living in the suburbs, or even Beihe, and setting off at five or six o'clock in the morning to rush to the city center to work, and the hardships are unknown to outsiders.

"Road traffic management in Tokyo is the first word for 'sparse'. In dealing with traffic problems, the government is more focused on 'distancing' rather than adopting various restrictions. With more cars on the streets, the first thing that comes to the minds of the Tokyo traffic management department is not to limit the number of cars and travel, but to expand roads and improve transportation facilities. In recent decades, Tokyo has been expanding its roads. Especially after 10 p.m., the traffic gradually decreases, and brightly lit road construction sites can be seen everywhere. ”

"The area of a city is limited, especially the land in the center of the city, and it is impossible to expand the roads indefinitely, and it is impossible to solve the problem of traffic congestion in Tokyo by relying on this solution alone. ”

"It's true, and another way to do it in Tokyo is to expand the capillaries. A city's road traffic network is like a dense blood vessel in the human body, whether it is arteries, veins or capillaries, any blocked blood vessel will affect the health of the body. In Tokyo, it's hard to find a main road that runs from east to west due north and south, and labyrinthine streets abound.

As long as you can't see the signs at the intersection, even if you can only pass through the two-way road of one car, you can boldly drive in, and you will never be stuck in the side road because of oncoming traffic. ”

Not to mention, this is precisely what domestic urban construction has not noticed. In many cities in China, the road construction is very fast in recent years, but often pay more attention to the construction of the main road in the city, the general road environment can not keep up, and a large number of vehicles concentrated on the main road can not be diverted, resulting in serious traffic congestion on the main road. However, every road in Tokyo is well-equipped and easy to divert traffic, so it is often difficult to see which roads are congested or congested in Tokyo. Zeng Qingying interjected.

"Another thing is that parking in Tokyo is super expensive. Parking fees vary from area to region in Tokyo, but the parking fee for on-street parking spaces or building parking lots is basically between 600 and 1,500 yen (about 35 to 90 yuan) per hour, while some on-street parking spaces in central areas are limited to one hour or half an hour. ”

"With such an expensive parking fee, it's easy to breed the phenomenon of indiscriminate parking, right?" Jiang Hui said.

"It's true, because parking fees are too expensive, the phenomenon of random parking in Tokyo has been relatively serious, especially in Tokyo, where there are many cars and narrow roads, and two-lane roads often become single lanes because of random parking, which in turn increases the degree of congestion, and random parking has become the most traffic violation in Tokyo every year.

In response, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government showed no mercy and took severe punishment measures.

Since 2006, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has hired civilian supervisors known as professional killers to control indiscriminate parking - in teams of two, equipped with digital cameras and recording instruments, and take pictures and stickers when illegal vehicles are found, and the punishment has also been changed from the previous temporary parking for 30 minutes to be executed immediately, and ordinary cars will be fined 15,000 yen and deducted 2 points for one violation.

In addition, in areas prone to violations or congestion, the Tokyo police will also hide in remote places to catch illegal drivers, which greatly improves the deterrent effect of violations.

These measures have effectively curbed the phenomenon of indiscriminate parking. ”

"It sounds very reasonable, but how do I think that these measures are actually being promoted in all cities of the Celestial Empire, but the effect is not very good. ”

"Mr. Jiang, I think that to control congestion, it is not enough to increase parking fees and strengthen penalties for violations, and it is very important to cultivate good traffic awareness and quality of drivers. The character of the island people who abide by the rules in everything has cultivated their good driving habits and greatly improved the efficiency of transportation. This may be the reason why the two countries have taken similar measures, but the results are different. Zeng Qingying expressed his opinion.

"What Director Zeng said is quite reasonable, the driving school in Tokyo will focus on civilized driving norms, and drivers have received systematic training and will sign a commitment to civilized driving after completing driving learning.

In addition, there is no competition for the people of the island to drive, and there is no need to compete at all, because the high overall quality of all citizens ensures that all traffic participants can enjoy efficiency and fairness while obeying the rules. Under this premise, everyone drives to give way, never vindictive, such as occasionally a vehicle cut in line, most of the cars in the team will give way, and there is no stubborn resistance not to let in, because if it is not urgent, no one will add stops. Kimura said with a little pride.

In the final analysis, it is because people have developed early, and education for all has been carried out for hundreds of years, and it is not something that can be surpassed immediately by developing countries that are catching up with each other quickly.

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