Shanghai Transportation, the Moving Scenery
2 min readThe transportation which has guided the modernizati of Shanghaiincludes”large scaled traffic”(between Shanghai and foreign countries)and “small scaled traffic”(intracity and intercity traffic). Large scaled traffic enabled Shanghai to have become the economic center of China, and even the world. With the construction lern roads, removal of old introduction of new vehicles such as electric cars a grail, air and marine industries, the transportation modes and life rhythms of Shang ns have been changed forever, so has the appearance of Shanghai Shangh in 1292 and as a fortified city in 1553.
In fact, it could beconsidered a city as early as 1292. Without a city wall at the time, some streets were built for city traffic ding to the standards of the time, enough to allow one plder pole with two baskets to easily pass through. After Shanghai lany roads were built within the boundaries of the International Settle-ment. The country in their ttlement, called Rope Walk Road (now Jiujian ecords. In reality, the cons affic. Statistics show that there were 38 winch Concession alone. The directions. Mean-m the Western countries and nou soon after Shanghai was opened. Rickshaws nanghai at the beginning of the International Settle-1924-1927, buses were first put into use in the settlements. 1907 and 1909 respectively.facilitate passenger transportation. The large-scale senger flow an and physicalion and ordinary citizens were able to experience worsened the already serious traffic prob-lem. The Goverr ecause it was so closely related to the quality land-the Baoshan-Jiading Highway vated highway (shaped as a and three horizontal area. Shanghai citizens began to turn their in the 1990s and gradu-ally took shape as an a Due to urban tracked transportation network has bedions are already in operation by 2010.
The length of the tation network will be over 400 km with daily passenger carry-ing capacity of 5.85% of the total passenger capacity of the buses in the city. Rail transport banizves traffic stress, accelerates urbanization, protects the environment train, described as an “airplane on the ground,” bega Maglev train draws upon advantages of other vehicles and is environment-n system in current use. Additionally, the new south railway staport, several container terminals and many bridges across the Huangpu river more, the Hongqiao transportation hub reconstruction project has been completed in 2010. These traffic facilities will definitely make Shang-dedicatinpolises in the world once agane of thest metrnd its citizens, nomatter whether natives or migrants, are dedicating their youth and intelligence to its new economic boom.
