The Legislative Affairs Office of the Sate Council recently issued the Regulations on Urban Public Transportation for public comment until 31 October 2010. The draft document requires urban planning authorities to give priority to the use of land for urban public transport facilities when organizing the preparation of the traffic control plans, making it clear that no entity or individual shall illegally occupy land used for urban public transport facilities. The document clarifies the conditions and procedures which an urban public transport enterprise must meet and go through when it files an application with the urban public transport administrative authorities for the operation licence and the operating right of urban public transport routes. The file also provides rules with respect to the operation safety in five aspects.
Source:
On Urban Public Transport Rules (Draft for Comments)