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

[Sudhir]

Hi Carlos and others,

Good news is instead of one more ring road at least the investment and
priority is on public transport.

Now, if they keep up the funding on public transport with good investment on
non motorized transport and provide incentives, i think its a very good
move......

The question is how much of private transport share is bearable? i would be
happy with 20-25% of private mode share in Asian cities with proportionate
investment in 2020.

In short if they can freeze the current mode share of private automobiles
(20% in 2004) :-)

best regards
Sudhir





2009/6/13 Carlosfelipe Pardo <carlosfpardo at gmail.com>

> 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
>> Transport Specialist
>> CAI-Asia Center
>> Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
>> ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
>> Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
>> Tel: +63-2-395-2843
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Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
CAI-Asia Center
Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
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