[sustran] Re: Beijing to build "public transport city"

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

Hi,

An interesting question is if they in Beijing expect the future public 
transport users to come from cars or bicycles... this is seldom answered 
(or asked) in any of these schemes and remains a problem. In many places 
I've asked that question and they normally say that future bicycle users 
will come from public transport, or the opposite. And when they say that 
bicycle or public transport users will come from cars, they have no idea 
how this will be achieved.

Beijing used to have an extremely high mode share of bicycle use some 
years ago, and it has now fallen to pieces due to the "promotion" of 
cars. So is promoting public transport good or bad in this scenario? I 
mean, will they end up with no one riding bicycles and the rest in cars 
or buses? Not sure if it's the win-win situation.

Carlos.

Sudhir wrote:
>
> /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
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