Hi All, Next year I will be moving to Shanghai for at least a year. My office will be in Minhang about 6km from xinzhuang station and 5km from the nearest line 5 metro station. It will be about 12km from Xuijahui, the place where I would like to live. If I plan my route on biadu maps it says it will take an hour and 15 minutes to get there by public transport. Thats metro and bus and even then still a bit of walking. If I plan the route with a bicycle it says it will take an hour and 18 mins. Its only 12-13km (thats not even 10km/h). How can it be that long to get there? Is Baidu maps correct on travel time? My plan was to live in xuijahui and get a scooter to travel to work. I was guessing 40-45mins to do the 12-13km, is this unrealistic? If it take over an hour I rather live in Xinzhuang. Can someone give advice/comment??
I assume they take into account the traffic...? In addition to the forum, you can also try to get advice from expat bloggers there: http://www.blogexpat.com/en/dir/china/shanghai.htm Best of luck and please post updates on your finding