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Chinese scholars began to introduce Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) to China in the late 1990s. Although the levels of urbanization of North America and China are different, TOD received wide acceptance and recognition in China, as it is regarded as a sustainable urban development strategy in land-use and transportation. This paper introduces the theoretical research on TOD in Chinese literature, as well as the typical TOD urban planning practice in China. Through summarizing the lessons and experiences, this paper concludes that the barriers to bring TOD from research and planning proposals to reality on the ground in China lay on the lack of institutional coordination and effective implementation mechanism. In order to facilitate a better implementation of TOD in China, this paper offers the suggestions on TOD in China as follows: apply TOD at different scales in the context of China; the construction timing of the rapid transit should be in progress together with the overall urban development; a solid cooperation between different agencies and stakeholders is a crucial element to secure a smooth implementation of TOD. An integrated hierarchical public transit system is needed to encourage sustainable transit trips and reduce auto-dependency.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Public Transportation Planning and Development.

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13-4005

English

15p

2013

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Cooperation; Literature reviews; Plan implementation; Public transit; Rapid transit; Sustainable development; Transit oriented development

China

Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-4005

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 5 2013 12:46PM