Suzhou to see further improvement in transportation

Suzhou is about to witness a number of changes in urban transportation. Let's have a look!

Unmanned express delivery vehicles are being piloted in Suzhou. [Photo/WeChat account: isuzhou365]

10 Smart Driving Demonstration Lines

The Suzhou High Speed Rail New Town has been granted the city's first batch of license plates for road tests of self-driving vehicles. The town is among the first to roll out smart driving program across the province and has a range of self-driving scenarios and vehicle models.

A series of demonstration applications, including Robobus, Robotaxi, unmanned distribution, and unmanned environmental sanitation have been piloted in the area. By 2023, the town will have 10 smart driving demonstration lines.

A rendering of the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High-speed Railway. [Photo/WeChat account: isuzhou365]

Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High-speed Railway

The construction of the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High-speed Railway will begin this year. Preliminary work is already underway.

Upon completion, the railway will link several administrative divisions in Suzhou and shorten the time needed to travel between the northern and southern parts of Suzhou as well as from the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou metropolitan area to the Hangzhou metropolitan area. The railway will also connect Suzhou with coastal cities in northern and southern China.