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Findings from China Trip:
Institutions, Activities, and Collaborative
Opportunities
Yuwei Li
7/24/2006
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Overview
• Trip purpose: learn, connect, and communicate
• Institutional Arrangement for Urban Transport
• Trip Report: (on Volvo and USI missions)
– Beijing Workshops
– Chengdu and Xi’an
• Collaborative Opportunities
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Institutional Arrangement for Urban Transport
Revision of Wu Et Al, World Bank Discussion Papers No 352 by Yuwei Li
National Planning (Development and
Reform) Commission
Provincial Planning Commission
Ministry of Communications
Provincial Communications Commission
Municipal Communications Commission
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Beijing Workshop, May 26-28
• Volvo China COE Inauguration
– China Academy of Transportation Sciences, Ministry of Communications
– Attendance by key local officials
– Coordination with Forum on Transport Reform and Development for Central
Cities: financial and research support from local governments
• China COE Work Plan:
– Year 1: planning & survey
– Year 2-4: Research & Demo
– Year 5: Consolidation & dissemination
• Advisory board comments
– focus on basic data
– distinguish stage of development that cities are in
– Policy analysis: congestion pricing
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Points by Mans Lonnroth
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On COE Operations
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How to start: clear focus, not too much, too soon
Start with large share of uncommitted resources (i.e. don’t commit all Volvo funds)
Establish contacts with other centers
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Use Volvo funds as leverage for other funding sources
New COEs: to have 6-8 centers operating simultaneously;
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Latin America: public transport
Africa: large challenge
Europe: reallocate urban spaces
Asia
Goteborg conference conclusions
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Urban transport: knowledge base (e.g. Cities on the Move by World bank)
Sustainable transport: serve all citizens
Nature of solution: a place for concrete, a place for brains (need more!)
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is”
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may fund collaborations between centers
Huge gap between recommended and implemented policies
– The difference: political leadership
Issues of concern
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Public transport on equity: inclusiveness
Congestion charge & road pricing
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EU-China Workshop on Sustainable Urban
Transport
• EC Energy & Transport
– Transport has key role in energy efficiency
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Rethink vehicle taxation—charging
Urban access regulation
Increase energy efficiency of vehicles and tires
Develop markets for energy efficient vehicles
– European transport Policy for 2010
• Key challenge; break link between economic growth and impact of transport, w/o
restricting mobility of people and goods
• Key elements
– Work program with over 60 measures
» CIVITAS Initiative: integrated strategies for clean urban transport in
European cities
– Two targets:
» freeze modal split at 1998 by 2010
» 50% reduction in road fatalities
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EU-China Workshop
• Conclusions of Working Groups
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Institutional Issues: who is in charge
Financing: subsidies vs. PPP
Impact assessment: more than ridership
Research needs: choice behavior for public transport
Integration: modes—measures—policies
• Presentation on Volvo Research
– Track 1: Electric bikes
– Track 2: Gridlock
– Track 3: Life-cycle analysis
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China Planning Forum
6/14-16, Beijing
• Hosted by Ministry of Construction, MIT, USDOT,
APA
• 6/15 Session on urban transport
– Building institutions for sustainable urban transport, by Zhi
Liu of World Bank
• Impact of decentralization; redefine role of central government
• Need to establish link between urban transport planning &
financing
• Strategic partnership demonstration program
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Chengdu & Xi’an
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Both have ring roads; BRT & Urban Rail planned
Prof. Dianye Zhang of Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu
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Human and Vehicle behavior in mixed transportation (microscopic)
Travel behavior chain & information chain
Transport planning for City of Chengdu
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A Wealth of data:
– Resident travel survey (170,000 samples)
– Vehicle travel survey (90,000 samples)
– Traffic volume survey for road segments
– Parking survey
– Transit volume on line segments
– Transit On and off survey
– Transit route OD survey (350 over 3 weeks)
Strong hardware and software development capabilities
Seek collaboration on methodology and analysis
Prof. Yuanqing Wang at Chang’an University, Xi’an
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Transportation Planning for City of Xi’an
Mobility management solution (non-data intensive) needed for World Bank
Bus-only lanes, turn-restrictions put in place
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Collaborative opportunities for UCB Researchers
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w/ International Organizations
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Global Environmental Facility, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Commission, Private Foundations,
Universities
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How we help them:
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develop best practices, serve as expert advisors, disseminate knowledge
funding, identification of city partners,
w/ National Institutions
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Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Construction, National Development & Reform Council and their in-house
research institutions
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How we help them: advise on national policy, exchange knowledge, provide mutual support in fund-application
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How they help us: provide local leads, facilitate work from central government
w/ Local Partners
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City officials, university researchers
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How we help them: ideas, analysis and methodological support
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How they help us: data, ground work, implementation
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