A smarter way to commute

To make commuting convenient and comfortable for people in cities, authorities have to develop an intelligent transport system

The average time people in Beijing take to commute to work is 52 minutes. In Guangzhou, they take 48 minutes and in Shanghai, 47 minutes. These are the findings of a recent Chinese Academy of Sciences survey.

However, there are people who spend more than an hour to get to work. For example, Zhang Gong, who works for a commercial bank in Beijing, spends three hours a day to commute to and from work. Little wonder, he dreams of a public transport system that would shorten his commute time.