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Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes
A new crowd-sourced transit platform allows riders to propose, vote on, and activate new bus lines in as little as three days.
“The average daily passenger flow is 250 to 260 people — 170 to 180 during the morning peak and 70 to 80 in the evening,” Wu Yongming, deputy manager at Jiushi Bus Company, told domestic media. In response, transit staff conducted on-site research, observing foot traffic, speaking with commuters, and calculating turnover times during peak hours. Chen Xiaohong, a professor at Tongji University’s School of Transportation, said the system builds on Shanghai’s dense transit network to better match capacity with demand, improving both convenience and resource use during peak travel.
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