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2 carpenters die in 40-meter fall from gondola

LOCAL work-safety inspectors yesterday were still investigating the deaths of two migrant workers who fell off a construction gondola about 40 meters high on Monday. Two other workers managed to grasp the cradle and were saved by firefighters. ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  3 Nov 2009

Black-cab fines to fund buses

FINES collected from the crackdown on illegal taxis will help pay for the special community buses being planned for short distances between suburban transit hubs and residential areas, the head of the city transport bureau said yesterday. Bus ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  2 Nov 2009

Crowds mob first buses to Chongming

BIG crowds and long lines yesterday hit the city's first bus services from the Pudong New Area to Chongming Island after a new tunnel-bridge link opened on Saturday. "Media reports said that a bus trip would be so convenient now, taking only 70 ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  1 Nov 2009

Choppers rescue 37 from freighter

SHANGHAI coastguard choppers rescued all 37 foreigners, including five women and a boy, from an Iranian-registered freighter after it was hit by strong waves and stranded on rocks yesterday morning at the mouth of the Yangtze River. One crew member ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  1 Nov 2009

Getting Access

Shanghai Highway Administration said they opened the last part of the G1501 Expressway, the Pudong section of Shanghai City Ring Expressway, to traffic on Friday, making it easier for drivers heading for Chongming and Changxing islands from downtown. ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  31 Oct 2009

Historic link opens to islands

TRAFFIC began flowing last night on a history-making tunnel-bridge complex that for the first time sets up a direct road link to downtown from Shanghai's two major islands. As the lights turned on at 5:30pm, the Changjiang Tunnel-Bridge Expressway, ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  31 Oct 2009

Underground security prioritized

SHANGHAI should be more aware of security issues and improve technology to protect the public as it rapidly develops wide underground spaces, one of the city's top engineering experts said at an international tunneling forum yesterday. As a city ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  28 Oct 2009

More buses set for suburbs

THE Shanghai Communications, Transport and Port Bureau said yesterday that it would soon create new short-term bus routes to connect some suburban neighborhoods to major Metro and bus stations to reduce the demand for illegal cabs. Some routes ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  27 Oct 2009

Top city advisers make public transport priority

THE city's top advisory body is urging the municipal government to implement policies to help reduce traffic congestion in the CBD area during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo by encouraging the use of public transport. After completing a study of the ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  26 Oct 2009

Chinese American killed in bus rollover

A CHINESE American woman was one of two people killed when a shuttle bus heading for Shanghai's two international airports from Hangzhou overturned. Nine others, including two foreigners, were still in hospital yesterday after the Friday afternoon ...

From DONG ZHEN, Shanghai Daily,  25 Oct 2009

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