Transportation

Question 1:

How did you get here today? Why did you choose that form of transport?

Sample answer:

Oh, I came here by metro. I wanted to take a taxi but too many people were waiting in line, so I gave up. Metro was a better option because I knew it almost never gets delayed.

Question 2:

What means of transportation do you usually take? Or What form of transport do you usually use?

Sample answer:

I usually take metro and ride sharing bikes. My apartment is about 1.2 kilometers from the metro station, so I ride to it every morning. Then it's an hour's metro to work. I rarely take buses or taxies because I have car- sickness.

Question 3:

What's the most popular means of transportation in your country? In your opinion, what would be the most popular means of transportation in China in the future? Or What vehicles (or, what means of transport) do people in China most often choose to use? What will become the most popular means of transportation in China?

Sample answer:

I think for now, road transport is taking the lead. Metros only exist in big cities; each province has at most two airports, but regardless of where you are in China, there's road, so there can be buses and cars all over. I think this situation will last long into the future; the major way of transportation does not necessarily transform with a country's development.

Question 4:

Do you drive? Should people learn how to drive? Or Is it important for everyone to get the driver's license?

Sample answer:

I can drive, I think - I do have a driver's license. But I don't drive in my daily life because I haven't bought a car already. Besides, Shanghai has a good metro system so it's not necessary to drive. I think everyone should learn to drive as long as he's physically and mentally capable, for road transport has always been and is predicted to remain the leading method of transport in China.

Question 5:

Would you say transport costs are high in your hometown? Or Is it expensive to take public transportation in your city?

Sample answer:

Nope, transport costs little in my hometown, Jinan, especially public buses and metro. Usually, people ride their own bikes which costs nothing but strength, or we drive, which costs only gas fees. Public transport is not expensive either, a bus route for 1 hour and a half only costs less than 3 dollars, and a subway line across the city is only at less than 2 dollars.

Question 6:

How do you feel about the transportation in your city? Or What do you think of the transport situation in your hometown?

Sample answer:

I think it's cheap enough, but sometimes dangerous or untidy. All means of transport do not cost much, but usually they are dirty and messy. For example, the taxis there sometimes do not even have a good seat belt, and the drivers would just tell you "there's no need for that". Or the buses, they are full of ads featuring disgusting descriptions or even photos of diseases. I would love to pay more in exchange for safer and cleaner vehicles.

Question 7:

How has the transport system in your hometown changed in the past few decades? Or How has the transportation system changed in your hometown over the years?

Sample answer:

I doubt if there has been any drastic change. I mean, yes, there are more private cars on the road, but still not as many as buses and taxis, epically bicycles. My hometown is a rather small city with a population of only two hundred thousand people, so there are no metro lines either. As I see it, people are still living the old days, in the same old transport system.

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