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BIGRS Shanghai Update

Tongwen Yu, Project Coordinator, Shanghai Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017

BIGRS Shanghai Update

Tongwen Yu, Transportation Coordinator Shanghai Institute of Traffic Engineering

Transforming Transportation January 13, 2016

Shanghai overview (Official statistics, 2015) •  6,340 sq.km, 24.15 million population •  56 billion (2% of total GDP) investment on traffic

infrastructure, with a focus on city road, freeway and metro system

Motorized vehicles in Shanghai

•  3.34 million registered vehicles, including 2.09 million private vehicles, and 1.2 million vehicles with non-Shanghai plates

Non-motorized vehicles

•  16.21 million registered non-motorized vehicles, including 5.04 million e-bikes

Average speed•  37.6 km/h during the morning peak hours and 44.9km/h

during the evening peak hours on urban expressways. •  19 km/h on city roads during the peak hours.

Traffic mode

•  Public transportation: 21% •  Taxis: 5% •  Private vehicles: 19% •  E-bikes: 20% •  Bicycles: 7% •  Pedestrians: 28%

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City development strategies

•  Shift from a “car-oriented” strategy to a “people-oriented” strategy.

City development strategies•  The newly-amended Shanghai Traffic Management Law

effective in March, 2017 specifies that Shanghai prioritizes public transport and non-motorized transport.

City development strategies

•  Plan to build the “15-minute living circles”. •  Developed street design guidelines, walking and biking

facilities design guidelines.

City development strategies

•  Plan to build 2000 km non-motorized transport infrastructure, including pedestrian corridors.

Crash statistics

2014 2015 Change

Deaths 903 868 -4%Injuries 578 455 -27%Total traffic crashes 1159 1044 -11%

Progress 1: Road safety inspection•  WRI and ChinaRAP conducted road safety inspection

and iRAP survey on roads managed by township and district govt., and provided technical advice on the design.

Progress 1•  Motorized vehicles, non-motorized vehicles and

pedestrians share the space on this particular road, which creates safety risks.

Progress 2: Bike network design

•  WRI assisted Changning District with improving the design of its bicycle network, the first of its kind in Shanghai, which include both on-street bike lanes and off-street bike paths.

Progress 2•  Planned network of Changning bicycle infrastructure

project

Progress 3: Advocate for audit process•  Existing design review process gives little consideration

for road safety. •  Working to advocate for road safety audit to be included

in the regular design review process for all road project.

Progress 3•  Planning a workshop on road safety audit and inspection

in February 2017 and invite international experts to introduce road safety policies, interventions, and audit and inspection methodologies.

Challenges•  The number of e-bikes are increasing rapidly. E-bike

manufacturers don’t follow the standards (40kg, 20km/h); many crashes involve e-bikes.

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Challenges•  Fragmentation of power and funds between district- and

city-level governments creates barriers to coordination.

Thank you!