[sustran] Beijing to build "public transport city"

[Sudhir]

*Beijing has set a target, how about other cities??*

see http://www.beijingdaily.com.cn/beijingnews/200906/t20090612_524515.htm

Beijing will transform into a "public transport city" by 2015. In peak
hours, the minimum departure interval for subway trains will be shortened to
2 minutes; the waiting time at bus stops will be reduced to 3 to 5 minutes;
public transport will account for 45 percent of the journeys in downtown
areas. "Beijing's implementation plan on humanistic, technological and green
transport" (from 2009 to 2015) was recently reviewed and approved by the
Standing Committee of CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, unveiling the "public
transport city".

Beijing will transform into a "public transport city" by 2015.

 Public transport will account for 45 percent of the journeys in downtown
areas

According to the plan, from 2009 to 2015, Beijing will construct a new
transport system meeting the capital city's needs for development, by
implementing four major projects including rail transit network project.

By then, the public transport will become remarkably more attractive. Public
transport will account for 45 percent of the journeys in downtown areas,
while over 50 percent of the journeys will be via public transport during
the commuting period. Rail transit will undertake around 50 percent of total
passenger traffic of public transport, and the average daily passenger flow
by rail transit and bus combined will be over 25 million; building a
transport circle of "1-1-2" hours means that the average commuting time
within the downtown area will be no more than 1 hour, the travel time from
the furthest new towns to the Fifth Ring Road will be no more than 1 hour,
and the travel time from Beijing to major cities in the Bohai Bay Rim
economic region will be less than 2 hours. The total amount of major
pollutants emitted by vehicles will be lower than that in 2008. Read More @
http://www.beijingdaily.com.cn/beijingnews/200906/t20090612_524515.htm

-- 
Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
CAI-Asia Center
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Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
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