CHINA'S URBAN TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM IN BEIJING, NOVEMBER 8-10, 1995. THEME PAPER 1: MOTORIZATION IN CHINESE CITIES: ISSUES AND ACTIONS

This paper looks at the issues connected with motorization in urban China, starting with the statistics, looking at the current stage and pace of motorization, and going on to assess the likely scale of motorization in futures years. The next section considers the likely consequences of motorization in urban areas, with particular emphasis on the issue of traffic congestion. The following section discusses ways of combating traffic congestion by better management and use of existing road space, and by the construction of new roads, but finally concluding that these approaches provide only a partial answer to congestion. Alternative approaches to combating congestion through the management of transport demand are reviewed and experience of motorization in several Southeast Asian localities are compared. For the covering abstract see IRRD 890936.