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Title: PLANNING FOR LOW-COST TRAVEL MODES IN NINGBO, CHINA
Accession Number: 00627054
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Economic, social, and technological forces constitute new stresses on the transportation systems of many of China's cities. There is a need to go beyond western models of transportation planning that meet the needs of motorized traffic and recover and discover models that can more appropriately accommodate low-cost modes in mixed traffic environment. Ningbo, a city south of Shanghai, is a typical case. A joint Chinese-Canadian study there found a high level of support for bicycle use on the part of the general public, low satisfaction with public transportation, ineffectual enforcement of existing regulations, poor integration between various levels of planning officials, insufficient levels of funding for low-cost travel modes, and little awareness on the parts of officials and professionals on what to do with bicycles. Changes in national priorities are needed with more emphasis placed on existing and improved environmentally friendly and economically feasible travel modes, given China's national priorities and resources. Local strategies must broaden to include a range of network and physical changes, as well as restructured management and planning, including more integrated means of decision making, and adoption of strategic planning. Strategies suggested are not new, but they demand a new approach. Ensuring implementation will require political and professional change in attitudes and practices. Western models of transportation planning are environmentally, socially, and economically incompatible with present realities. In many aspects the current Chinese transportation system, which relies heavily on low-cost travel modes, is leading edge and could become an international model for future transportation planning.
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: Jamieson, WalterNaylor, Brenda LPagination: p. 31-39
Publication Date: 1992
Serial: ISBN: 0309054133
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 10 1993 12:00AM
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