On the Double Ninth Festival, "the most age-friendly bus" comes to this city

2020.10.26

On the Double Ninth Festival, except sending gifts and saying the blessing for the elder, what should we do more?

The excellent world not only belong to young generation, making old people more convenient and safer to go outside is what we should do.

At 9 am, Linbo, a 72-year-old man of Fuzhou, walked through the alley in front of his house and went to the bus stop under the Banyan tree. 3 minutes later, a bus pulled up in front of him and the door opened. He took a step up his foot and stepped firmly into the front door. After five stops, he stepped from the rear door to the ground, got off and went to Jiangbin Park to have tea and chat with his old friends. This is his daily routine. Although his legs are not so good, his family is still at ease with him when he travels alone. Because the bus service is very considerate, the driver takes special care of the elderly, and because the line has recently been replaced with a new bus, the relatives do not have to worry about the elderly getting on and off the bus.

On the Double Ninth Festival, the most age-friendly bus comes to this cityOn the Double Ninth Festival, the most age-friendly bus comes to this city

The new bus that Linbo just took is a special model recently put into use by Fuzhou Kangchi New Bus Co., Ltd.(Kangchi), which is called the Bus Metro Transit (BMT).

On the Double Ninth Festival, the most age-friendly bus comes to this city

Why called the name? “Look the low and full-flat floor, it is like a metro, isn’t it?” the driver introduced, “I have driven many kinds of vehicles, the BMT is the best bus for the elderly!”

“Only one step to get on”

BMT is the "Best gifts for the elderly" by eqipping with a wide aisle and a low full- flat floor.

On the Double Ninth Festival, the most age-friendly bus comes to this city

There are two or three steps at the door of a common bus, reporter noticed that the Kangchi’s BMT operating in Fuzhou cancel the steps so that the floor is full flat from form to rear doors.

The crucial change makes the riding experience be great.

The common bus not only has several steps at the doors, when passengers come to the rear part, they also have to access one or two steps again. Passengers usually do not like to come to the rear space due to the danger when bus pulls up.

The low floor design is more stable and safer. Passengers can easilly get on the bus, and across the whole bus without more step. In addition, the bus center of gravity is also lower than the general bus, the body is more stable and safer.

The low floor design is more comfortable and spacious. The front walkway and the middle and rear floor of the low-floor bus form a flat passage. The riding environment is similar to that of the metro. Wheelchairs and strollers can easily get in and out of the bus, which makes the elderly feel more secure after getting on the bus.

For bus manufacturers, there are more benefits with low full-flat floor bus.

Security is the most important thing. Due to the reduction of accidents such as passenger falls in the car and the improvement of operation safety coefficient, the expenditure of enterprises for safe operation can naturally be reduced.

Efficiency is also the pursuit of enterprises. Studies have shown that the elimination of door steps can save passengers about 50 percent of the time to get on and off the train, thereby increasing the average fixed-line transportation speed by 7.5 percent. At the same time, the layout of low floors and wide passageways provides more space for passengers, which also increases the carrying capacity.

The direction of development advocated by the state

It can be said that low-floor buses reflect safety, efficiency and humanistic feelings in public transportation. Most buses in developed countries adopt low-floor structures. The realization of low floor is regarded as an important way for public transportation system to improve transport efficiency and safety, and is also the inevitable direction for the development of urban public transportation equipment in China.

In early 2018, the Ministry of Transport and other seven departments jointly issued by the "on further strengthening and improving the elderly disabled travel service implementation opinion", which is put forward, and encourage qualified new urban bus priority low floor buses, by 2020, all cities of more than 5 million new bus to implement low floor.

At present, there are about 230 million people over the age of 60 in China, and more than 85 million people with disabilities. It is an important task for us to ensure equal access to basic public services and complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects to facilitate travel for the large number of the elderly and the disabled.

Kangchi is one of the bus enterprises that take the lead in responding to the national call and seeking development breakthrough. When the Double Ninth Festival comes, Kangchi, a new batch of low-floor buses, are put into use in Fuzhou, which is called the warmest activity in the Banyan City in late autumn.

"My dad likes to ride in this new car,  I feel rest assured when see him geeting on the bus!" "Said Lin bo's son.

“Low floor” is not easy

27 new energy low-floor buses -- "BMT" have been delivered and put into operation, marking another step forward on the road of kangchi in creating new samples of public transportation and exploring transformation and upgrading.

In the opinion of the person in charge of Kangchi, the key to the transformation and upgrading of public transport is to realize the active transformation and upgrading of products and services and provide passengers with safe, convenient and comfortable public transport experience.

For public transport enterprises, transformation and upgrading have been a consensus. The pain point and difficulty lies in that vehicles, as an important carrier of public transport service, cannot fully match the practical needs of transformation and upgrading of the public transport industry for a long time.

"Low floor" is more than just two words. For many years, due to the high threshold of vehicle bridge and other manufacturing technologies, the "low floor" of public transport in China is not progressing fast. The BMT, a new energy low floor bus, does just that. It is reported that this model uses the PanGood Power Technology Co. 's low floor pure electric bus solution.

Like kangchi, developed cities such as Shanghai, Jinhua, Zhejiang and Ningde, Fujian have used the BMT, and the response has been positive.

Related technical personnel, the "BMT" uses air suspension, can let the car side, the door at will become high and low, through the low floor boarding, especially convenient and fast. The width of the rear wheel passage of the vehicle reaches 850mm, the effective standing area of the compartment reaches 9 square meters, the range of the vehicle is significantly improved compared with the traditional 10-meter bus, and the passenger carrying capacity is equal to the 12-meter bus.

On the Double Ninth Festival, the most age-friendly bus comes to this city

More importantly, the new energy bus has achieved a lightweight breakthrough. It is reported that the "BMT" than the traditional drive system of the vehicle weight 700-800 kg, so that the new energy vehicle's short board - range significantly improved.

PanGood Power technology person in charge of the introduction, they provide the solution, is through the advanced axial flux motor integrated reducer, motor controller, four airbag independent suspension and electronic differential, to achieve the axial size is shorter, lighter weight effect.

New vehicle new trip

"Public transportation is a project for people's livelihood," said the person in charge of the BMT in Kangchi, which has just launched its operation in Fuzhou. "Enterprises also need to survive and develop. How to balance economic and social benefits? The BMT gave us the solution."

He explained that riding the BMT gives the vulnerable a "sense of gain" and passengers a sense of security.

In the national public transport industry, Kangchi has taken the lead in batch application of new energy bus, initiative to carry out customized public transport, and continues to lead the transformation and upgrading of the industry. This time, with the mass deployment of the BMT, a new journey has begun.

Better bus, warmer city.