China Academy of Transportation Sciences March 07, 2012 Dr. Jia wenzheng

1.Who we are? 2.Work Highlights 3.Research on Urban Transport

China Academy of Transportation Sciences (CATS) Established in : 1960 Supervisor ： Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Science and Technology Consisting of: total staff 588, including 451 professionals, 11 major research divisions

Major Research Divisions Transportation Technical Consulting Center Environment Protection and Safety Research Center China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center Logistics Research and Development Center Standards and Measurement Research Center Transport Economics and Financing Institute Road Structure and Material Development Center Transport Development Research Center Transport Information Center Information Research Center Information Technology Center CATSCATS CATSCATS

International Cooperation European Commissions Research and Innovative Technology Administration World Bank Asian Development Bank American Public Transportation Association Volvo Research and Educational Foundations US Energy Foundations VREF: UC Berkeley, GAMUT CIVITAS Global Dialogue German Aerospace Institute Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, USA UC Davis Land Transport Academy of Singapore Seoul Human Resource Center SEI …

Change on March, 2008, from MOC to MOT A think tank to provide policy decision making and technical support to the central, MOT and local city level MOT Urban transport policy Bus Rail Taxi& civil aviation waterway Highway construction Long distance transport post Private car Urban Transport Research

Strong expertise of young, energetic research team, specialized in urban transport and policy studies A national urban transport information system & simulation lab National public Transport standards Policy & planning A credible science- based policy research An international information resource center A platform for international research exchange & communications A policy think tank

urban public transport planning model Preparation for the Construction of Urban Public Transport Standardization Committee Preparation for the Construction of Urban Public Transport Standardization Committee public transport dispatching system （ including taxi ） public transport dispatching system （ including taxi ） Guideline for transport institutional reform in Chinese central cities Guideline for transport institutional reform in Chinese central cities Draft the public transport regulation Outline of urban passenger transport planning for the Twelfth-Five year plan Outline of urban passenger transport planning for the Twelfth-Five year plan TDM measures for Beijing Olympic Games” and result evaluation TDM measures for Beijing Olympic Games” and result evaluation Public transport investment and subsidy policy Public transport investment and subsidy policy Urban transport database construction And public transport efficiency evaluation Urban transport database construction And public transport efficiency evaluation Comprehensive transport planning in major cities （ including BRT) such as Xi’an & Taiyuan Comprehensive transport planning in major cities （ including BRT) such as Xi’an & Taiyuan Urban Transport Research

National Policy guideline for promoting urban public transport priority development in China is issued in 2011 Public Transport Regulation to be issued in 2012 Supporting the draft on Public Transport Regulation led by Road Transport Management Dept. of MOT.

Beijing Zhengzhou Shanghai Performance evaluation of public transport Comparative analysis among cities Application Ministry Level : Ministry Level : China Urban Transport Database Operation Infrastructure Finance Safety & emergency Policy making Decision support Energy consumption …… New York Hongkong Tokyo …… City Level China Urban Transport Database (CUTD)

Promoting the pilot program of The National Transit Metropolis Initiating action plan of the national transit metropolis, 30 pilot cities by Field surveys in typical candidate cities such as Harbin, Chengdu Monitoring the process by developing the tools of China Urban Transport Database (CUTD) National Transit Metropolis

About 40 billion RMB from Central Government in the past two year Data collection. The experience of NTD? Gas Consumption Subsidy

Preparation for establishing The National Committee for Urban Passenger Transport Standards (NCUPTS), supervised by the State Commission for National Standards and MOT. Established expert committee, 50 members from bus enterprises, rail operation enterprises, taxi enterprises, urban transport research institutes, and transport authorities. Draft five year working plan of Urban Passenger Transport Standardization, particularly in safety and service quality of public transport, bus energy efficiency Urban Passenger Transport Standardization

Beijing, 337 km Shanghai, 441 km Guangzhou, 236 km Tianjin Shenzhen Nanjing Chongqing Wuhan Changchun Dalian Chengdu Shenyang Xian Beijing, 337 km Shanghai, 441 km Guangzhou, 236 km Tianjin Shenzhen Nanjing Chongqing Wuhan Changchun Dalian Chengdu Shenyang Xian Rail Transit Ridership in 2010 ： 5.57 billion

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 mileage ： 1452 kilometers Metro 1197 kilometers Light rail 167 kilometers Magnetic 29 kilometers Monorail 19 kilometers Tram 40 kilometers （ by the end of 2010 ）

It is a great challenge to develop a safer and efficient urban rail networks in Chinese cities High daily Ridership

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Safety and security issues Safety Audits? Safety Assessment?

Financial sustainability All money are from Local Government 1.52 billon operating subsidy in 2009 in Beijing the capital cost is about 600 million RMB per kilometer, about $59 million per mile

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