01333823

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2244-08

http://scholar.google.com...Song&publication_year=2011

Improved mobility and accessibility for passengers and goods provide competitive advantages for megaregions. This article describes the trends in mobility in China’s top three megaregions—the Capital Economic Zone, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta—and how megaregional planning has led to solutions to the challenges of mobility. China’s experience is compared with trends in megaregions in the United States and the European Union. This comparative context confirms that existing trends in China’s regional mobility carry severe energy and environmental challenges and that China’s movement toward rail, particularly high-speed rail, provides a better chance to mitigate congestion and pollution problems.

01359893

11-0988

English

pp 61-68

2011

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309167642

Print

Figures (3) ; References (32) ; Tables (6)

Accessibility; Air quality management; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; High speed rail; Mobility; Regional planning; Traffic mitigation; Transportation planning

Megaregions

China

Freight Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 17 2011 5:38PM

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