Dancheng Bus has been suspended repeatedly, and the government cannot shake the hand shopkeeper ｜ Time Comment

Text/Ye Zhuyi

On August 12, Dancheng County Bus Company, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, issued an announcement saying that the driver's salary could not be paid due to difficulty in operating. All urban buses were shut down. On August 13, the staff of the Dancheng County Transportation Bureau said that the buses have been recovered after multi -party negotiation. The reporter learned that the three bus routes in Dancheng resumed normal operations. (Surging News on August 14)

This is not the first time the Dancheng Bus has been suspended. According to the announcement issued by the official public account of Dancheng Public Transport, the company has been suspended 6 times since 2020. The most recent shutdown was July this year.

According to the "Dahe Daily" reported on July 20, Dancheng County Public Transport Company issued a notice that "due to the serious losses of operations, the driver has a lot of departure, and it is difficult for some lines to continue to operate. "". At that time, a person in charge of the Dancheng Public Transport Company said that the reason why it was operating was because there were few people who took the car, and the subsidies issued by the relevant departments were not paid, which caused the driver's salary to be unable to pay.

Dancheng County Bus Station (Dahe News)

The frequent suspension of urban buses on citizens is undoubtedly a lot of impact on citizens. The bus company and the bus driver ignored the needs of citizens to take the shutdown as a bargaining chip to express the demands of interests. The behavior was obviously irrational. However, in business talks, bus companies have difficulty in operating, and the government's subsidies should not be issued. Why do companies do their money? The bus driver who holds his heart and holds a big passenger license has paid hard labor. He is often arrears with only 3,400 yuan in salary per month, and bus insurance cannot be renewed in time. They will undoubtedly feel dissatisfied.

Although the pressure of public opinion is forced to restore the operation of the Dancheng bus part of the bus, but if the core interests of the bus company and the bus driver do not respond to the concern of the bus company and the bus driver, whether the operation can continue, a big question mark must be made.

Passengers are bitter, business dissatisfaction, driver aggrieved, how should the crisis of bus shutdown be resolved? Although increasing the fare is a choice, it is the next policy to resolve the crisis of the bus shutdown and increase the fare. The "Opinions on Prioritizing the Development of Urban Public Transport" formulated by the Ministry of Transport and other six departments clearly states that public transportation is a public welfare undertakings and must implement a low fare policy. The buses are obviously contrary to such regulations. Besides, if the bus fare is too high, no one is sitting, and it will also lose the meaning of the buses.

Although the company's investigation data shows that Dancheng County Bus Company is a private enterprise, as we all know, public transportation is a social public welfare undertakings that meet the basic travel needs of the people and are closely related to the production and life of the people. People's livelihood project.

The central government attaches great importance to the development of urban public transportation. The "Notice of the State Council's Development Plan for the Development Plan for the" Fourteenth Five -Year Plan "modern comprehensive transportation system" clearly stated that it has implemented the in -depth implementation of public transportation strategies and continued to deepen the construction of the national bus city. Local governments cannot simply define the bus company as operating enterprises, and use pure market vision to measure bus services. Instead, it should be seen that the purpose of developing a bus system is not a profit, but a social responsibility of fulfilling convenience services. The government should give the bus company a subsidy for a child.

Therefore, the suspension of the bus is not only to remind bus operators to pursue economic benefits, and keep in mind social responsibility, but also test the government's governing wisdom and responsibility. The suspension of the city bus three or five times affects the travel of citizens. Due to the public welfare function of the bus industry, the government must take the loss of the public transportation low in order to facilitate the travel of the public, and provide the institutional bottom for the public transportation priority. In the long run, the cost of public welfare expenditure is public welfare, and its social value cannot be underestimated.

At present, the priority of buses has become a wide range of consensus. Many places have introduced the implementation plan for the development of public transportation, and formulated specific measures to solve the difficulty of citizens. Hunan Changning, Shanxi Changzhi, Hebei Xinji and other places also launched free buses in the city. Of course, we should also see that not every place has the same strength to pay for free public transportation, but the people's livelihood orientation that is good for the people and prioritize the development of the bus is the same. Even if the government cannot provide a free buse The legitimate rights and interests of the bus driver.

In short, the suspension of public transportation is not the internal affairs of a bus company, and it is not a long -term score for the pressure of public opinion to restore the public transport operation. In this regard, local governments should reflect the responsibility. On the one hand, it is necessary to do a good job of coordination and remind the bus company to fulfill their social responsibilities and not "kidnap" passengers' interests; Financial subsidies and policy support, increase the salary and benefits of bus drivers, and mobilize their work enthusiasm. Fundamentally eliminating the repeat of the bus shutdown and creating a convenient bus environment for the majority of passengers. (Yangcheng Evening News, submitted mailbox: [email protected])

Source | Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng School

Responsible editor | Fu Mingtu Sun Ziqing

School Delivery | Zhao Dandan

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