财经金融新闻 地铁票价

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In today's podcast, Beijing authorities consider lifting the city's 2 yuan subway fares to reduce subsidies¹ and overcrowding.

在今天的播报中，为了减少财政补贴和缓解拥挤状况，北京有关部门考虑提高北京的地铁价格。

The city's top economic planner has been considering several reform proposals, many of which would introduce fares that vary by distance traveled, and is likely to announce a plan by the end of the year. The average ticket price needed to eliminate operating subsidies is around five to six yuan.

北京资深经济规划师正在筹划多种方案，许多方案中都有要根据旅途长短来增加票价的方案，并有望在今年年底宣布这一计划。平均五六元的票价将降低运行补贴。

But ticket prices have remained at a flat 2 yuan since 2007, when the government cut fares to encourage transit² use. That price, one of the lowest in the world, isn't nearly enough to pay for ongoing³ maintenance and operations at the city's two subway operators – let alone billions of yuan a year in renovations, upgrades, and expansions. And even if the city were willing to continue to pay the subsidies, analysts⁴ say the network's overcrowding problems are serious enough to justify⁵ fare hikes simply to shift riders away from the subway.

自从2007年起，地铁票价一直维持在2元，为了鼓励交通出行，政府降低票价。北京票价处在全球最低票价城市之列，这一价格远远不能够维持北京两大地铁运营商的维护和运行成本，更不要说每年还需要花费数十亿元来进行升级、扩建以及翻新。即使北京仍然愿意支付这笔补贴费，分析人士指出过度拥挤的状况足以让人们对价格作出调整，这样会减轻地铁拥堵状况。

For Caixin Online, this is James Bradbury.

这是詹姆斯·布拉德伯里为您带来的财新新闻报道。