GROWTH OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

The Peoples Republic of China, with its great urban populations, is finding it necessary to develop a range of strategies to deal with increasing demand for goods and people movement, increasing motorization and the increasing congestion that result from increaased travel demand. This paper discusses strategies being adopted in two northern cities, Changchun and Shenyang. Both transit and roadway programs are examined for Chengchun. Problems aand successes of a new toll road are examined for Shenyang. Sustained infrastructure investment is essential to assure the necessary mobility for economic growth.

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• Authors:
  • Zhao-Sheng, Y
  • Paaswell, R E
  • Rouphail, N M
• Publication Date: 1991-5

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 95-104
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway transportation; Highway travel; Mobility; Urban sprawl; Urban transportation; Urbanization
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00611301
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM