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Dedicated Shenzhen Bike Lanes Planned for Next Year

Posted: 12/22/2014 11:00 am

shenzhen pedestrian walkwayShenzhen’s reputation as China’s most pedestrian-friendly city is about to get a boost following the announcement of plans to construct more paths for pedestrians and cyclists.

The Shenzhen Municipal Transportation and Transport Committee has partnered with the Futian local government to build a bike path that crosses North Ring Road at the Xinzhou overpass. The overpass will include a roof to provide shelter for pedestrians.

Scheduled to start construction next year, the plan also includes designated bike trails running from Meilin to the downtown core. Car lanes along Hongli Road will be narrowed in order to facilitate the bike lane.

Here are some photos of what the new addition will look like:

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Photos: Shenzhen Traffic Police

Haohao

Cyclist collapses and dies on Guangzhou Bridge, ignored for 50 minutes

Posted: 05/22/2013 9:00 am

A man in his fifties was cycling along Guangzhou Bridge on Monday when he fainted. Although Monday was World Strangers Day, he was ignored by passers-by for 50 minutes and was dead by the time paramedics got to him, Caijing reports.

He was already dead by the time emergency services arrived.

Doctors think the cause of death was heart disease. They say his death could have been averted had paramedics got to him on time. He was a property developer whose physique was particularly robust for his age.

Guangzhou Bridge, which runs over the Pearl River, is busy almost all of the time. So he must have been ignored by a large number of people.

This is set to be another case of members of the public in China ignoring a stranger who is in need.

In the past couple of years, the government has introduced a system of rewarding people who go out of their way to help strangers.

Haohao
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