01046972

Component

This paper focus on the development of urban economy, population, jobs and urban morphology as well as the impact which made on transportation system during urban expansion of Shanghai in recent twenty years. Based on the data from three comprehensive transport surveys of Shanghai since 1986, the changes of residents travel demand, vehicles travel demand and the spatial distribution of trips are studied as typical characteristics of transportation system. Meanwhile the cause that results in these changes is discussed, which reveals some facts: (a) Economic development promotes population explosion and stimulates residents travel demand greatly; (b) Unsynchronized migration of population and jobs from central district to periphery district of Shanghai make trips and congestion diffuse in the same way; and (c) Urban sprawl based on single center of a city promote the trip ratio of individual motorized mode, which imposes great pressure on road traffic. It is concluded that urban development should get along well with the transportation system during urbanization and urban mobility.

01042056

07-1329

English

12p

2007

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (7) ; References (8) ; Tables (6)

City planning; Economic development; Highway traffic; Mobility; Travel demand; Urban design; Urban development; Urban sprawl; Urban transportation; Urbanization

Shanghai (China)

Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I73: Traffic Control

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-1329

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2007 5:56PM