The Ministry of Construction defines urban public transport as "a social welfare undertaking related to the national economy and people's livelihood". After the market-oriented attempt, the public transport industry in major cities in China is facing a new reform. On September 13, the Xi government announced a 50% discount on bus credit cards. After the price reduction, the daily passenger flow of Xi 'an bus increased by 6.5438+0.5 million ~ 0.2 million passengers. However, some scholars pointed out that bus price reduction only solved the welfare problem, and the government still had a lot to do-just two months after the Xi municipal government announced a 50% discount on bus IC cards, Liu Yang, who worked in the southern suburbs of Xi, finally couldn't help waiting in line to buy cards. When swiping the card for the first time, Liu Yang solemnly took out the IC card from his bag and put it on the card swiping machine. When she heard the sound of "DuDu-",the girl who claimed to prefer short-distance walking and long-distance "taking a taxi" actually had an inexplicable sense of superiority: "Fifty cents, it's really cheap to sit in Yuxiangmen from Daqing Road!" It takes 16.5 yuan to "take a taxi" at the same distance before she leaves for Daqing Road after work. According to Liu Yang's statistics, among the 23 passengers on the bus of Daqing Road 103, only two people put in coins. In the past, this number would be reversed. An article in "Xi Bus", the internal publication of Xi Bus Corporation, wrote, "For a time, queuing to buy bus cards and taking buses became street fashion". The most convincing data is that since September 16, bus IC cards have been given a 50% discount, and10.4 million IC cards have been sold within two months, which is close to half of the daily passenger flow of Xi 'an bus. This figure is what Xi 'an traffic department is happy to see. Since the cancellation of monthly tickets and the reduction of bus fares in Beijing at the beginning of the year, this model, known as the "New Deal of Beijing Public Transport", has been quietly copied by some local cities. Policy implementers hope to improve the urban traffic environment and alleviate the headache of traffic congestion. But this policy does not seem to be favored by scholars. Because they found that the price reduction strategy only attracted citizens who rode bicycles and walked to join the bus team, but did not let private car owners, the main group causing traffic congestion, leave their cars and choose to take the bus. "From the perspective of social welfare policy, this policy is quite successful. However, judging from the current situation of improving traffic jams, the gold content of this policy is not high. " Wang Yuanqing, a professor at Chang 'an University Highway College, said. 10.4 million bus IC cards sold out 165438+ 10 On October 9th, when Liu Yang bought a card at the card-selling point at the gate of the Fifth Company of the Municipal Public Transport Corporation, the one-month peak selling period had passed, and she waited in line for 20 minutes to buy one.