Yang Fuqiang, Energy Foundation Beijing
Problems
- air quality
- urban sprawl
- energy crisis
- fast urbanization
- land loss
- congestion
- equity
- climate change
… all connected to transportation
solutions:
- controlled city layout
- efficient mobility
- green buildings
- eco-footprint
comprehensive city pilots for sustainable urban transport system development include
- public transport
- pedestrian/ bicycle
- TDM and car restrictions
currently have 12 cities building BRT system
TOD (transportation oriented development) programs in Dalian, qingdao, TianJin, Shanghai, Shenzhen. Zhuhai
This sounds really interesting. Are there any further notes on the presentation available anywhere?
Comment by Kevin — November 11, 2008 @ 9:40 am
Hi Kevin.
I am doing my best to round up presentations, and will spend some time this weekend filling in some of the gaps, links, and color. these are my raw notes, and were typed in real time.. so apologize for the lack of color.
Rich
Comment by Rich — November 11, 2008 @ 9:51 am
Thanks so much Rich =).
Comment by Kevin — November 11, 2008 @ 2:36 pm