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Title: URBAN TRANSPORTATION IN CHINA: TRENDS AND ISSUES
Accession Number: 00627050
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: China's population was 1.1 billion in 1990; it is expected to reach 1.3 billion by 2000. Its urban population was 33% in 1990 and is expected to grow to 47% by 2000. This enormous urban growth poses tremendous challenges to urban transportation planners. The five magacities--Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin, and Wuhan--are planning for light rail transit/subway (LRT/MRT) systems that will cost $10 billion to $15 billion (U.S. dollars). However, China does not have the money and will depend on foreign aid and borrowing. Concurrently planners disagree about the appropriate role of motorized and nonmotorized transportation, especially the bicycle: some wish to abolish, restrict, or redirect it, and others wish to expand its systems role. The global LRT/MRT experience suggests that such systems are expensive and take a long time to build. Forecasting systems for cost and ridership are unreliable; actual costs are more than two or three times the forecast. The urban transportation trends and issues in China are discussed on the basis of a very diverse array of data research sources. The analysis includes mode splits, costs, and reliability functions, and their applicability to Chinese cities. It proposes a strategic planning framework for Chinese urban areas, focusing on optimum modal mixes, investment and regulatory policies, and transportation system management. Although the framework has been developed particularly for China, it is generally applicable to other low-income countries in Asia.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1372, Nonmotorized Transportation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01405116
Language: English
Authors: Pendakur, V SettyPagination: p. 3-10
Publication Date: 1992
Serial: ISBN: 0309054133
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Mar 10 1993 12:00AM
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