Changes in Land Use and Relationship with Commuting Patterns in Beijing, China

In the last decade, the capital city of China, Beijing, has experienced a remarkable transition in land use and urban transportation. However, most studies about Chinese cities have investigated these two aspects separately; few have focused on land use and its relationship with urban transportation. Based on a survey designed and distributed in nine areas in Beijing in 2004, this study explores two issues. One is the interrelationship between jobs and housing locations; the other is the impact of land use changes on personal commuting behavior and urban transportation patterns. By examining these two aspects, this paper concludes that: (1) during the last decade, few interactions between residential and industrial suburbanization have taken place in Beijing, where most suburban residents work in the central city, while most suburban employees live in the central city; (2) the job-housing locational mismatch, plus the limited capacity of the public transit system, generates a great demand for private cars as daily commuting modes; thus the city suffers serious traffic congestions as a whole. Lastly, this paper makes some recommendations for Beijing on its future land use development and urban transportation policies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Jiang, Shan
  • Lu, Bin
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
• Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: TRB 87th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Commuting; Industrial areas; Land use planning; Public transit; Residential areas; Suburbs; Traffic congestion; Urban transportation; Workplaces
• Geographic Terms: Beijing (China)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01089254
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 08-1953
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 27 2008 8:58AM