Barriers to Relocating Intercity Bus Stations in Chinese Super-Mega Cities

Urban transportation in Chinese mega cities is characterized by pressures coming from interactions between high population density, high building density, and slow public transport systems. High volumes of flows (passenger and goods) between these cities behind the increasing regional economic interactions require a fast intercity or regional public transportation system which can offer higher frequency links to more scattered towns than regular railway systems typically reach. However, observed spatial and social interactions between intercity bus stations (IBS), and intra-urban traffic and other urban development are confronting Chinese urban and transportation planning with the relocation of IBS under the situation of rapid urban growth. In this paper, a super-mega city in Central China - Wuhan city, is taken as an example. The negative impacts of existing IBSs patterns on urban development and traffic environment occurring there have resulted in the formation of a new plan of IBSs which was expected to optimize the spatial patterns of IBSs. However, the findings from supportive GIS mapping have not successfully convinced all actors involved in, of the relocating strategy. The major barriers are dominated by a changing political decision-making environment with an increasing diversity of factors impacting the social, economic and environmental efficiency of the plan, separated transportation and land use planning processes, uncoordinated institutional structure, and poor data infrastructure. To overcome the barriers, this paper proposes corresponding strategies from the perspective of planning and information support, which may imply a generic thinking to improve Chinese transportation planning.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Cheng, Jianquan
  • Huang, Zhengdong
  • Dugundji, Elenna Rose
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
• Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Monograph Title: TRB 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Bus terminals; Bus transit; Bus transit operations; Bus transportation; Geographic information systems; Intercity transportation; Megaprojects; Public transit; Relocation (Facilities); Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01044247
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 07-3348
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 21 2007 12:47PM