In order to better serve the needs of the people, the Department of Transport and transport units in the province proactively prepare stations, vehicles and human resources to serve the travel needs of passengers, contributing to ensuring order and traffic safety during the National Day holiday on September 2.

Transport business units transport passengers through the Northern Bus Station (Thanh Hoa City).

Before the holiday, the Department of Transport urged passenger transport businesses to develop plans to ensure capacity and quality of transport services, maintain good technical condition of vehicles to serve the travel needs of people during the National Day holiday on September 2. At the same time, check the safety conditions of vehicles and drivers before putting them into operation.

Along with that, post the vehicle's license plate and the phone number of the competent authority so that passengers know and report via the hotline. At the same time, propagate to vehicle owners and drivers to strictly comply with the regulations on business and business conditions of passenger transport by car; drivers and service staff must comply with traffic safety laws; driving time, do not drive if you have drunk alcohol, skills to participate in safe traffic on highways and steep mountain passes; carry the correct number of people as prescribed, stop and pick up and drop off passengers at the prescribed places...

Mr. Tran Van Tien, Deputy Director of Tien Phuong Transport - Trade Service Cooperative (Nhu Xuan) said: Currently, the Cooperative has 15 passenger vehicles running on the fixed route Giap Bat Bus Station - Thanh Hoa City - Nong Cong - Nhu Thanh - Yen Cat and vice versa with a frequency of 20 trips/day. In order to meet the travel needs of people during the September 2nd holiday, the Cooperative has a plan to increase from 5 to 10 trips/day.

To facilitate passengers, the Cooperative applies technology to sell electronic tickets, provide information and instructions on ticket prices, times, departure and arrival schedules of trips, and sell tickets at the declared and listed transportation fares. The Cooperative also gives priority and incentives to students with difficult circumstances studying in Hanoi regarding ticket prices and seats. In addition, the Cooperative equips journey monitoring and cameras installed on vehicles to closely monitor vehicle and driver operations to ensure compliance with regulations on transportation business and take timely corrective and handling measures for drivers and assistant drivers who violate the regulations.

At the units managing and operating bus stations in the province, a plan has been developed and organized to serve passenger transport during the National Day holiday on September 2 and a plan to coordinate with authorities to mobilize vehicles to transport passengers from vehicles that have been penalized for overloading passengers in the locality.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Nga, Head of the Northern Bus Station (Thanh Hoa City), said: During the holiday from August 31 to September 3, the number of passengers arriving at the bus station is expected to increase by about 20% compared to normal days. After the holiday, the number of passengers will increase by about 30%, especially on the Thanh Hoa - Hanoi route. Therefore, the bus station has organized and arranged staff at the bus station to guide, support, and prioritize the sale of bus tickets and use of other services at the station; deploy ticket sales, publicly post ticket prices, create convenience for people who need to buy tickets, and at the same time have measures to prevent and combat ticket speculation and trading, and prevent the situation of illegal ticket price increases that cause social disorder.

The bus station has arranged enough waiting or resting places for passengers, ensuring a clean and safe environment. In addition, the bus station has worked with transport businesses to prepare to increase about 20-30 vehicles to clear passengers at the bus station to other provinces and cities. During this peak period, the bus station regularly coordinates with the police force and the Department of Transport Inspectorate to promptly handle acts that cause disorder and traffic safety in the bus station area.

During the holidays, transportation business activities in the province increased.

Currently, in the province, there are 737 passenger transport businesses with 1,057 vehicles. Of which, there are 113 enterprises with 472 vehicles, 10 cooperatives with 27 vehicles, 614 business households with 558 vehicles. According to the Transport Management Department, Department of Transport, in order to better serve the travel needs of people and tourists during the holidays, the unit requires enterprises, cooperatives, and business households transporting passengers on fixed routes to regularly coordinate with bus station management units to develop service plans on routes to promptly serve when passenger traffic suddenly increases. Enterprises proactively increase vehicles, rotate, increase trips, and organize reasonable transportation to relieve passengers, not to leave backlogs at bus stations.

Enterprises are strictly prohibited from abandoning fixed routes to use contract passenger transport vehicles. During peak periods before, during and after the holidays, based on the actual situation, the Department of Transport will issue additional badges to commercial transport vehicles for 10 to 15 days to pick up passengers from Hanoi and southern provinces and cities to Thanh Hoa. During the holidays, the unit will arrange staff to coordinate with the Inspectorate to manage passenger transport activities; exploit data from vehicle tracking devices, promptly provide data to the authorities to strictly handle vehicle owners and drivers who violate the regulations; especially focus on traffic safety regulations for commercial transport vehicle drivers.

Le Hoi