New Midu Bridge

By the end of 2003 the number of motor vehicles was 1.1369 million, among which the number of cars was 286,000,increasing 13.7% and 36.2% respectively. The passenger transportation volume of 2003 was 229 million person-times and 15.181 billion person-kilometers, up by 9.1% and 26.6%.The totalcargo transportation volume was 69.5 million tons and 4.147 billion ton-kilometers.

Suzhou Port

Revenue from the post sector totaled 669 million yuan, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year. The number of letters and documentssent through post offices in 2003 was 114.10 million and the number of express delivery was 2.65 million.The number of newspapers distributed was 249 million. By the end of 2003 the balance of deposit accounts in the city's post offices totaled 8.703 billion yuan, up by 19.5% over the previous year. The city's telephone exchange capacity was 297,470,000 lines with 280,010,000 fixed telephone subscribers,up by 28.0%. Among them 217,090,000 were home sets. The number of the subscribers of wireless local calls (smart phones) was 504,700 and that of mobile phones reached 359,210,000.For every hundred citizens in the city, there were 139.7 telephones, an increase of 26 sets over the previous year.Internet users reached 600,000.