Urban Rail Development in China : Issues and Options

The Institute of Comprehensive Transport (NDRC) and the World Bank jointly carried out a study of urban rail development in China. The joint study team visited several selected cities that have developed or are developing urban rail systems, including Beijing, Chongqing, Wuhan, Changsha, Hangzhou, and Zhengzhou, and held discussions with relevant agencies at the central and local levels. This paper summarizes the key findings. It highlights the positive outlook for urban rail development in China and the strengths of China's circumstances and institutions in responding to that outlook. It also identifies the key areas where strengthening of institutions and processes of urban rail planning would enhance the contribution of urban railways to sustainable urban development and improve value for money from specific urban rail investments. It makes seven recommendations aimed at such strengthening. The study is intended to contribute both to urban rail policy and planning in China's cities and also to help the World Bank target its institutional support in this important sub-sector of China's transport system.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CARS, AIR, AIR QUALITY, AIR QUALITY STRATEGY, AIRPORT, BANKS, BUS, BUS DEMAND, BUS FARES, BUS OPERATIONS, BUS OPERATORS, BUS PASSENGER, BUS PASSENGERS, BUS PRIORITIES, BUS SERVICES, BUS SYSTEM, BUS SYSTEMS, BUSES, CAR, CAR USE, CAR-OWNING HOUSEHOLDS, CARS, CHECKING, CITY MASTER PLAN, CITY SIZE, CITY TRANSPORT, CIVIL ENGINEERS, COMPETITIVE BIDDING, CONGESTION, CONGESTION PRICING, CONVENTIONAL BUS, CROSSING, DATA COLLECTION, DEBT, DECISION-MAKING, DRIVERS, DRIVING, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSIONS, EXTERNALITIES, FARE AFFORDABILITY, FARE COLLECTION, FARES, FINANCIAL BURDEN, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL PLANNING, FINANCIAL RISKS, FINANCIAL STRENGTH, FINANCING SOURCES, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, HIGHWAYS, HOUSING, INFLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INTERCITY BUS, LAND USE, LAND-USE POLICIES, LARGE CITIES, LEARNING, LIGHT RAIL, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOW FARES, LOW-INCOME USERS, MASS RAPID TRANSIT, MASS TRANSIT, METRO LINE, METRO NETWORK, METRO PASSENGERS, METRO RIDERSHIP, METRO SYSTEM, METRO SYSTEMS, METRO TRAFFIC, METROPOLITAN AREAS, MODAL CHOICE, MODAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT, MODAL SHIFT, MODE OF CHOICE, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, NOISE, OPERATING COSTS, OPERATING SURPLUS, OPERATION OF TRANSPORT, PASSENGER COUNTS, PASSENGER DEMAND, PASSENGER FLOWS, PASSENGER INFORMATION, PASSENGER RAIL, PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE, PASSENGERS, PEDESTRIAN, PENALTIES, PPPS, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PRODUCTIVITY, PSP, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATING, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRIORITY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, RADIAL CORRIDORS, RAIL COMPANY, RAIL CONSTRUCTION, RAIL DEVELOPMENT, RAIL INVESTMENTS, RAIL LINES, RAIL MARKET, RAIL NETWORKS, RAIL POLICY, RAIL PROJECT, RAIL PROJECTS, RAIL ROUTES, RAIL SECTOR, RAIL SERVICES, RAIL TRANSIT PROJECTS, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAIL TRAVEL, RAILWAY, RAILWAY LINE, RAILWAYS, RAPID RAIL, REGIONAL TRANSPORT, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RIDERS, RIDERSHIP, RIDERSHIP FORECASTS, RIGHT-OF-WAY, RISK MANAGEMENT, ROAD, ROAD BUILDING, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SPACE, ROAD SYSTEMS, ROUTE, SAFETY, SAVINGS, SUBURBAN RAIL, SUBURBAN RAIL SYSTEMS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAINS, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT PLAN, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICE, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT STRATEGIES, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, TRAVEL BEHAVIOR, TRAVEL DEMAND, TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT, TRAVEL TIME, TRIPS, UNDERGROUND, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN ECONOMY, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN PASSENGER, URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT, URBAN RAIL, URBAN RAIL CONCESSIONS, URBAN RAIL INVESTMENTS, URBAN RAIL SYSTEM, URBAN RAIL SYSTEMS, URBAN RAIL TRANSIT, URBAN RAIL TRANSPORT, URBAN RAILWAYS, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING, URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR, URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, URBAN TRAVEL, URBANIZATION, VEHICLE, WALKING, WALKING DISTANCE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/12567883/urban-rail-development-china-issues-options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18425
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