City Pilots

Beijing

· Design and Operation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

CSTC assisted the city of Beijing in introducing the concept of BRT and building the first BRT line. CSTC and the international consultants provided supports to research, planning, design and operation of BRT.

 

· North Transit Hub Design for Beiyuan

CSTC took an advisory role in North Transit Hub Design for Beiyuan, providing advices on emergency evaluation, bus and traffic organization, land-use plan and etc.

 

· Slow Traffic System Design Guidelines

CSTC conducted investigation on the Slow Traffic System of Beijing together with Gel associates from Denmark, and communicated with local planning and design institutions in Beijing. As a result, a report has been produced summarizing the current problems in Slow Traffic System and providing guidelines for design.

 

· Research on Sustainable Transportation

CSTC invited international experts to conduct a study on sustainable transportation in Beijing. The research covered six aspeccts including Slow Traffic System, new town planning, regional transportation, urban railway system, transportation hub, transportation demand management. The research has analyzed the current problems and made suggestions to Beijing Transportation Bureau.

 

· Public Bikes

CSTC assisted Beijing Transportation Bureau and Beijing Transportation Research Center in a study on public bikes project along metro line 10 and line 4. CSTC studied the current public bike system worldwide, including the operation, finance, technical issues and existing problems.

 

· Capital Steel Planning

CSTC invited Peter Calthorpe—one of the leading advocate of New Urbanism—and his team to join a planning on the old capital steel site. Based on the analysis of current planning problems in China, the proposal suggested small blocks instead of super-blocks in planning. It suggested the strategy of Transit Oriented Development, a higher density land use plan around public transit nodes and. It emphasized on creating a slow traffic system. It suggested a couplet system to change the current super-block in new district planning, which can improve the pedestrian, bicycle and bus environment without degrading the vehicular system.