The spring breeze brings warmth, and the peak season for travel in the suburbs of Lanzhou has begun. With the rise in temperature and the return of vegetation to green, the demand of citizens to go out of the city and embrace the mountains and fields has been released, and a number of new and improved roads in the Nanshan area have quickly become popular, becoming the "top check-in place" of the circle of friends and social platforms. Fuzhi Highway, S104 Lan'a Highway, Luojiu Highway and the X103 Line Hongshangen-Yingpanling Tourist Highway under construction connect ecological and cultural nodes such as Lanshan, Shifogou, and Jiuzhou Terrace, attracting a large number of motorcycle and electric bicycle riding enthusiasts to smooth the road, rainbow markings, viewing platforms and perfect supporting facilities.
A new trend of suburban motorcycle travel characterized by "light travel, fast arrival, and deep experience" is emerging in Jincheng. It is not only the product of the improvement of urban transportation microcirculation, but also the epitome of the upgrading of citizens' lifestyles, and also drives the rapid heating up of rural cultural tourism, farmhouse, and camping economy along the route. Our reporter visited Nanshan Internet celebrity road, cycling community and merchants along the route in recent days to conduct research on the new travel trends, new momentum of cultural tourism, and new challenges in governance behind the popularity of the road, presenting the real picture of Lanzhou's suburban travel and motorcycle travel life.
New road scenery: road network upgrade unlocks the "golden line" in the spring suburbs
Lanzhou Nanshan has always been the back garden of citizens' leisure. In the past two years, Lanzhou City has continued to promote the "Comprehensive Transportation Battle", integrating Nanshan Road as a people's livelihood road, industrial road and tourist road, and a number of landscape, standardized and convenient highways have been put into use, greatly improving the quality of suburban travel and changing the previous travel pattern.
Fuzhi Highway (Fulongping-Zhigou Gate): Asphalt pavement with rainbow markings, along the line there are landscape flower strips, pedestrian plank roads and solar street lights, passing through Ertai Pavilion, Santai Pavilion, Lanshan Park, overlooking the Yellow River through the city, the whole city has a panoramic view, is the most popular cycling main line at present.
Fan Yuhua, a rider who often comes to run mountains, said: "Lanshan, a new Internet celebrity road, has a total of 14 large and small bends, as well as two or three standard hairpin bends, the road surface is flat, the curves are smooth, and it feels particularly good to ride." While blowing the spring breeze and breathing the fresh air in the mountains, I was in a very comfortable mood while watching the new changes in Lanzhou's urban construction in recent years. ”
After the S104 Lan'a Highway is fully completed, it only takes 20 minutes from the Cultural Palace to Shifogou, connecting the 4A-level scenic spot and the pastoral complex, becoming a fast passage for motorcycle travel and self-driving. Luojiu Highway is known for hiking, viewing and cultural experience, and the Jiuzhou Terrace Peony Garden blooms into a sea in spring, forming a leisure check-in matrix with mountain trails and rainbow plank roads. After the completion of the X103 line under construction, the "one axis and two rings" road network in Lanshan will be formed, effectively diverting the congestion in Fulongping and opening up the "last mile" of cultural tourism microcirculation.
On March 4, the reporter visited the field and saw that on weekends and afternoons, the traffic flow on various Internet celebrity roads in Nanshan was dense, of which the proportion of motorcycles and electric bicycles increased significantly. Cyclists are mainly young people, parent-child families, and motorcycle communities, and the vehicles range from large-displacement locomotives to new national standard electric donkeys and retro pedals. Everyone cruises together, stops at the observation deck to take pictures, or takes a break at farmhouses along the line, turning "on the road" into a life ritual.
At the observation deck of the middle of the Fuzhi Highway, Mr. Wang, a citizen, told reporters: "Now on Lanshan, the road is good and the scenery is beautiful, and it takes half an hour to ride a motorcycle." Blowing the wind to see the panoramic view of Lanzhou, feeling the spring and feeling the outdoors, it is really a comfortable life. ”
The improvement of the road network directly activates the potential of suburban travel. According to preliminary observations from merchants and communities along the route, since the beginning of spring, the average daily number of cycling and short-distance travelers in the Nanshan area has increased by more than 3 times compared with winter, and the peak on weekends is more obvious. "Half an hour up the mountain, one hour around the mountain, and a one-day round trip" has become the mainstream mode, and low-cost, high-degree of freedom two-wheeled travel accurately meets the core needs of spring outings.
Motorcycle travel is a trend: travel is hot and reconstructs the lifestyle of the suburbs of the city
If the improvement of the road network is the hardware foundation, the change of citizens' lifestyle is software-driven. At present, the popular motorcycle travel in Lanzhou is not a long-distance off-road extreme sport, but a lightweight, normalized and social suburban cycling, which has become the third type of suburban travel option that is different from self-driving and buses.
First, convenience and economy are outstanding. Motorcycles and electric bicycles are not affected by urban congestion, parking is flexible and low-cost, the new national standard electric donkey endurance meets the needs of the Nanshan Ring Road, and the refueling and charging facilities are gradually improved, making "just go" a reality.
Second, the sense of experience and ritual is full. Cyclists pursue wind sense, vision and immersive nature contact, the mountain road is winding, the field of view is wide, with the spring mountain scenery and the city skyline, forming a unique "golden city perspective", which is easy to spread on social platforms and form a check-in effect.
Third, socialization and rejuvenation are obvious. Lanzhou's local motorcycle clubs, female cycling groups, and electric donkey enthusiast communities are active, and they regularly organize Nanshan Ring Line cycling to meet friends and share routes with bicycles, driving more people to join.
Senior female rider Zhou Qina sighed: "Now the riding environment in Lanzhou is really getting better and better, the roads are beautifully repaired, and the supporting facilities are keeping up." We ride not only to chase the wind, but also to feel the development of the city and enjoy the poetry and distance at our doorstep. ”
The reporter visited a number of locomotive shops and electric vehicle dealers and learned that since the beginning of spring, the sales of retro pedals, small and medium-sized displacement locomotives and compliant electric donkeys suitable for urban cruising have increased significantly. Duanjiatan Motorcycle Market store owner Jin reflected that "buying a car to go to Nanshan after the beginning of spring" has become the direct demand of many consumers. At the same time, the formats along the line responded quickly, farmhouses added cycling rest areas, camps launched motorcycle camping packages, observation decks optimized photo spots and sanitary facilities, gas stations and convenience stores extended their business hours, and an industrial chain of "cycling + catering + camping + viewing" is taking shape.
The fever of motorcycle tourism also drives rural revitalization. Farmers along Fulongping, Bali Town and Agan Town relied on road dividends to open farm meals, picking gardens, and mountain stalls, and the passenger flow and income increased significantly. A farmhouse operator said: "In the past, there were only people on holidays, but now there are guests riding up the mountain every day, and the business is much better than in previous years." At the same time, baked potatoes, roasted corn, stone buns and other special delicacies are also selling well at cycling check-in points. From the "end of transportation" to the "frontier of traffic", Nanshan countryside is ushering in new opportunities for development due to the rise of two-wheeled travel.
Let the Internet celebrity road become a "long red road" to form a new style of civilization
The popularity of Nanshan Internet celebrity road is essentially the precise connection between the upgrading of urban public services and the needs of citizens for a better life. To turn short-term Internet celebrities into long-term long-term celebrities and return free cycling to safety and civilization, it is necessary for many parties to work together.
From the perspective of transportation construction, it is necessary to continue to improve the microcirculation of the road network in the southern mountainous areas, accelerate the construction of projects such as the X103 line, and at the same time, optimize the interconnection and improve the traffic efficiency and safety level. From the perspective of cultural tourism development, relying on the ecological and cultural resources of Nanshan, we will create standardized cycling routes, theme stations, research and leisure products, and promote the upgrading of the "passing economy" to the "overnight economy". From the perspective of governance model, build a linkage mechanism between traffic management, cultural tourism, housing and construction, and territorial streets, implement flexible management, intelligent control, and community autonomy, and sink the governance force to the front line.
It should be noted that the rapid heating up of Internet celebrity roads and motorcycle tourism has also exposed a series of governance problems. The reporter found that safety risks, traffic order, supporting shortcomings, noise nuisance and other problems are intertwined, which has become a realistic test for the sustainable development of suburban travel. Some sections of Nanshan Road are close to cliffs, winding and steep, and some cyclists have behaviors such as speeding, retrograde, occupying the road to take pictures, and not wearing helmets; Electric donkeys and locomotives are mixed, and novices lack experience on mountain roads, which can easily cause scraping and accidents. The parking area in some sections is insufficient, and vehicles are parked at will in curves and ramps, which exacerbates congestion and danger. In addition, the problem of "bombing the street" motorcycles disturbing the people at night occurs from time to time, causing complaints from surrounding residents. The solution of these problems requires the joint efforts of many parties to create a safe, civilized and orderly cycling ecology and jointly protect the civilized travel road.
The spring breeze blows through the Orchid Mountains, and the iron cavalry goes to the mountains and fields. When the smooth mountain road extends to the green mountains, and when the motorcycle wheels turn freely, the suburban life of Lanzhou people is opening up new ways. Nanshan Internet celebrity road and the new trend of motorcycle travel are not only a small slice of urban development, but also an intuitive expression of people's livelihood and happiness. (Reporter Zhou Jingbo text/photo)