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Research Seminar – Transit Metropolis with Chinese Characteristics
14 February, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Research Seminar
Topic:
Transit Metropolis with Chinese Characteristics
Speaker:
Dr. Jianping Zhou
Associate Professor
Department of Urban Planning and Design
The University of Hong Kong
Schedule:
Date: 14 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Time: 13:00-14:00
Venue: Room 829, 8/F, Knowles Building, HKU
Abstract:
In 2011, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) of China announced to competitively select and fund at least 30 cities in their respective efforts of building a transit metropolis. Incentivized by MoT, many Chinese cities have started planning for a transit metropolis and even implementing related measures. This signifies some larger-than-ever government-led efforts towards the transit metropolis that we have heard of. Why did China/MoT initiate the transit metropolis program? Is the transit metropolis idea of MoT similar to what Robert Cervero defines in his book, which introduces the concept of transit metropolis and illustrates it using 12 exemplars? If not, why? Have Chinese cities followed the same principles or taken comparable measures proposed or identified by Cervero? Or, have they produced brand new principles or measures? If so, what is the implication? This article answers the above questions through literature review, interviews, surveys and case studies. It shows that MoT’s idea of the transit metropolis differs notably from that of Cervero. Even though MoT proposes more universal and quantitative performance measures for a transit metropolis than Cervero, its perspectives and policies are still parochial. Local governments, nevertheless, have comparable principles or measures like Cervero. But compared to a transit metropolis exemplar such as Curitiba, they overlook issues such as the match between regional commuter sheds and the services/administrative boundaries of local transit-related entities, coordinated, regionalized transit services and fares, pedestrian-friendly streets and parking pricing strategies. The above indicate that more work is needed to better define, plan and implement a transit metropolis in China.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Jiangping Zhou is Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong. Dr. Zhou’s field of specialization is transport policy and planning. His work has been published with leading journals such as Urban Studies, Urban Geography, Environment and Planning A, Transportation Research A, Transportation Research D, Transport Policy, and Journal of Transport Geography. In addition to his services in the U.S. and Australia and publications in English, he serves four refereed journals in China as an editor or a member of the editorial board. He has published 50+ peer-reviewed articles in Chinese (including 3 cover stories and 2 guest editorials) and has co-authored two books in Chinese. His research has been funded by entities such as the World Bank, the US Department of Transportation, Energy Foundation, Natural Science Foundation of China and GIZ, the Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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