| Title | A Study of Transportation Development Trends In Asia and China (1/2) |
| Dept | Transportation Planning and Land Transport Division |
| Year | 2012 |
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| Summary | In recent years, along with increasing relaxation regarding expansion of cross-strait relationships; the impact direct cross-strait flights are having; as well as the signing of the cross-strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), cause that the cross-strait trade relationships are even more binding and will be a more regular point of reference in future. This project will work through platforms such as the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS); Asian Institute of Technology (AIT); Alumni Association; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); the Cross-Strait Symposium on Metropolis Transportation. International seminars will be a major source of collection of new information regarding the future vision of urban development, urban competitiveness, developmental trends and the distribution of international flight and shipping routes to important cities in Asia and China. The collected information will be analysed and used as reference for the transportation system's development for the five special-municipalities-cities in Taiwan. During 2011, the 1st year of our research, we focused on cities in Taiwan and mainland China with the following results: As to the industrial distribution of employed persons: research was done in major tertiary industrial cities including Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen; as well as in secondary and tertiary major industrial cities - Taichung, Taoyuan, and 15 other mainland cities. As to car ownership: during the past 5 years, Taiwan has shown a slower growth in ownership of passenger vehicles per 1,000 people while Mainland China's cities showed rapid growth, with Beijing's 229 vehicles per 1,000 people in the lead. Tianjin is 2nd with 122 vehicles per 1,000 people, both with a growth rate of over 100% during the past five years. To solve urban congestion problems, main cities in Mainland China have developed rail or BRT systems. Shanghai has successfully applied auction schemes for passenger car plates to control growth of car ownership, and to shift private previously motorised vehicle trips to public transportation and non-motorised modes. As to the sharing mode of commuting trips of public transit, Shanghai scored the highest rate of 40.5%, Taipei is at 37.6% and Beijing is at 29.14%. For Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, they scored less than 10% which indicated a need for improvement in the future. Developmental trends at the main international airport: Overall planning at mainland China's airport is very comprehensive with rigorous management, in accordance to the "Tenth Five-year", "Eleventh Five-Year" and"12th Five-Year" Plans, the overall airport planning and development trend has gradually improved from affirmative construction, resource optimization development to sophisticated innovation. Taiwanese investment trends: the investment of Taiwan businessmen in mainland China over the past decade has rapidly grown to 97.3 billion USD at the end of 2010, Shanghai still leads the way in comparison to other Chinese cities with Taiwanese investments while Shenzhen and Xiamen finishes second. With the change of China's economic structure and investment environment, Taiwanese investment in China's central and western regions has been gradually increasing and are now focusing on the domestic market while expanding and strengthening investments in the service industry. During 2012, the study will continue to conduct comprehensive analyses on the important cities of Asia, and propose specific policy recommendations as references for authorities to define future developmental strategies. Meanwhile a database of those cities will be established. |
| Post date | 2012/07/23 |
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