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With the serious urban transport challenges that rapid motorization and growth in travel demand for the city of Beijing have brought, the design and implementation of efficient and equitable urban transport polices has become essential to achieve sustainable development targets. This paper investigates a selection of transport management measures that were introduced following the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games. These include priority development of mass transit systems, private car ownership measures, a ‘staggered rush hour’ plan, modified charging policies for parking and car restrictions based on license plate numbers. The effects of the measures with respect to growth in vehicle and trip numbers are summarized, then qualitatively evaluated within a proposed framework that covers in one dimension equity and efficiency and in another, social, economic and environmental aspects of transport sustainability. The evaluation process is intended to firstly shed light on the effects of transport management measures according to different sustainability dimensions and secondly to support policymakers involved in the practical design of future transport management measures for Beijing and similar city contexts.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD40 Transportation and Sustainability. Alternate title: The Evaluation of a Selection of Transport Management Measures for Sustainable Development in Beijing, China.

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15-4084

English

2015

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Sustainable development; Travel demand management; Urban transportation; Urban transportation policy

Beijing (China)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-4084

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 30 2014 1:20PM