Shenzhen's Grossest Tourist Trap? You Won't Believe This Place!
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So, the subway is the most convenient option in Shenzhen (especially during holidays, basically don't even think about driving).
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And speaking of the subway, Line 11 even has business class seats that nobody uses, while it takes three tries to squeeze into a regular carriage.
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Longhua would be the most suitable location for the city center.
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Longhua won't work, Tanglang Mountain is in the way.
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They shouldn't cram everything into Nanshan and Qianhai. When you put that many office buildings together, how can it not be congested?
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Exactly.
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Haven't the driving restrictions (license plate rationing) already eased the congestion?
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Since when?
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Shenzhen's eastern development strategy was perfectly fine, but then someone just had to push for this whole Greater Bay Area thing.
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The 'city center' isn't central enough. First, we need to figure out where the actual city center is. Besides, compared to other first-tier cities, Shenzhen isn't that congested.
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Most other areas are generally okay, but Nanping, Beihuan, Binhai, and Shenhai expressways are significantly worse than elsewhere.
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If you accidentally get onto the Nanping Expressway from Bao'an, the earliest you can exit is in Futian. It's a total trap.
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How did you know my route?
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Huh? Isn't everyone online always complaining about Guangzhou's single-center (Zhujiang New Town) being super congested, while praising Shenzhen's multi-center model as being great? Now I finally see an article complaining that Shenzhen's multi-center setup is also congested. I've always said it – whether it's single-center or multi-center, any big city will have traffic jams.
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It's about balanced development and planning. It can be congested, but it shouldn't come to a complete standstill.
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It has the highest population density in the country. And while it's congested, the traffic is still much better than in Guangzhou, Shanghai, or Beijing.
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Except for Nanping, Beihuan, Binhai, and Shenhai.
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The core reason is that a city like Shenzhen, with its mountainous terrain and an area only the size of a single county, shouldn't and simply cannot accommodate so many people. If Shenzhen had 10 million fewer people and 3 million fewer cars, this 'county' would be much more comfortable.
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Too many people, that's for sure. It's really about how to plan things better, isn't it?