Functional Classification System of Urban Road in China

Ambiguous functional classification system (FCS) of urban road will result in serious traffic problems. In China, the current FCS experiences some deficiencies including indefinite roads classes, lack of considerations of the surrounding environment and the unreasonable automobile-priority concept, etc. It does not fully accord with the concepts of multi-modal traffic and context-sensitive design/solution (CSD/CSS) that are recommended and used widely. Consequently, based on the researches of functional classification methods used in the USA, Germany and Poland, this paper analyzes the advantages of the above methods and points out the problems in China. Then, a new FCS is proposed and some key criteria of urban road concerning the service objects and priorities, design controls, road network, types of cross section, land use and bus stations are suggested.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/41039(345)150
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Yuan, Hao
  • Shi, Guifang
  • Cheng, Jianchuan
  • Huang, Xiaoming
• Conference:
  • Second International Conference on Transportation Engineering
  • Location: Chengdu , China
  • Date: 2009-7-25 to 2009-7-27
• Publication Date: 2009-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 905-910
• Monograph Title: International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2009

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Context sensitive design; Highway design; Types of roads; Urban areas; Vehicle mix
• Identifier Terms: Context Sensitive Solutions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Functional classification
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01525249
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784410394
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Nov 12 2013 1:36PM