Posts Tagged ‘traffic’

China: 10 dead and 15 injured in a traffic accident in Shanghai

June 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Ten people were killed and fifteen others injured in a traffic accident Monday morning in the Fengxian district, suburb of Shanghai, according to local sources.
A truck coming from the Zhejiang province (east), whose plate is Zhe At 31,676, struck on Monday morning at 06:45 AM with a minibus around Shanghai, Hu AC 8512, 30 km [...]

China has become a major world power in civil aviation

June 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Since reform and opening, China has moved from 37th in 1978 to 5th place worldwide in 2003 with regard to civil aviation. “Said in his speech, Gao Hongfeng, deputy director of the National Administration of Civil Aviation of China, delivered at the 2004 International Forum for Aviation and Astronautics of China.
“In 2003, the total traffic [...]

Increase in air passenger traffic in the first nine months of 2004

June 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
international air traffic passenger confirms its healthier observed since the beginning of the year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), based in Geneva.
The air passenger traffic recorded a growth rate of 17.7% over the first nine months of 2004. The freight traffic in the same period increased by 14.1%, IATA said in a [...]

The Qinghai-Tibet will open to traffic in 2007

June 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Qinghai-Tibet going to Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, will open to traffic in July 2007, according to Liu Xink, a group leader of the main building of the Qinghai-Tibet under the Chinese Ministry of Railways.
Crossing the mountain Tanggular, described as an insurmountable mountain, the Qinghai-Tibet railway is the world’s highest with a maximum [...]

Installaltion the “traffic signals” for the blind

June 1st, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
alarms sorores using traffic signs were recently installed at major intersections in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi province (northwestern China), allowing blind people to cross the street safely , it was learned Friday from local sources.
The blind can now continue their journey by the ticking of the clock. “I do not have to use pedestrian signals [...]

471 km caps accumulated by mid-day Saturday on French roads

April 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
There are 471 kilometers of traffic jams cumulative Saturday mid-day which has disrupted traffic on main roads French, said the National Information Highway (CNIR) of France.
According to this announcement, among these 471 kilometers of traffic jams, congestion totaling 456 km in the province and 15 km in Ile-de-France at about noon on Saturday ranked red [...]

Shaghai resume conditional traffic of live chickens

January 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
After being banned for over 4 months in Shanghai following the outbreak of avian flu, trafficking in live chickens will be taken under certain conditions, this is revealed at a recent meeting on regulation traffic of live chickens and the establishment of a permanent mechanism for the prevention and treatment of the epidemic in poultry.
Shanghai [...]

The road accidents each year are 10 million victims in Asia

November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The accidents are approximately 10 million deaths and injuries each year in Asia, said Monday the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Asia-Pacific accounts for 60% of traffic fatalities in the world, though it has only 16% of motor vehicles and motorcycles in traffic. According to WHO, the number of traffic fatalities has increased by about 40% [...]