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

1. www.TransformingTransportation.org
BIGRS Shanghai Update
Tongwen Yu, Project Coordinator, Shanghai
Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017

2. BIGRS Shanghai Update
Tongwen Yu, Transportation Coordinator
Shanghai Institute of Traffic Engineering
Transforming Transportation
January 13, 2016

3. 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

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

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

6. 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.

7. Traffic mode
• Public transportation: 21%
• Taxis: 5%
• Private vehicles: 19%
• E-bikes: 20%
• Bicycles: 7%
• Pedestrians: 28%
Photo source http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node13/node126/node10041/images/00019627.jpg

8. City development strategies
• Shift from a “car-oriented” strategy to a “people-oriented”
strategy.

9. City development strategies
• The newly-amended Shanghai Traffic Management Law
effective in March, 2017 specifies that Shanghai
prioritizes public transport and non-motorized transport.

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

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

12. Crash statistics
2014 2015 Change
Deaths 903 868 -4%
Injuries 578 455 -27%
Total traffic crashes 1159 1044 -11%

13. 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.

14. Progress 1
• Motorized vehicles, non-motorized vehicles and
pedestrians share the space on this particular road,
which creates safety risks.

15. 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.

16. Progress 2
• Planned network of Changning bicycle infrastructure
project

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.
Photo source http://www.sd.xinhuanet.com/news/2015-01/19/1114047469_14216519583861n.jpg

20. Challenges
• Fragmentation of power and funds between district- and
city-level governments creates barriers to coordination.

21. Thank you!