The Social Cost of Traffic Congestion and Countermeasures in Beijing

Mao, Li-Zeng; Zhu, Hong-Ge; Duan, Liren

doi:10.1061/9780784412299.0010

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“…This reduces their capacity, either directly as a result of damage rendering the road unusable or as a result of deep floodwater rendering the road impassable. Resultant congestion leads to increased travel times and pollution (Mao et al 2012). Moreover, the impact of this disruption can extend far beyond the flood extent due to congestion propagating through the transport system (Dalziell and Nicholson 2001;Zio 2016) and into other infrastructure networks (Houghton et al 2009;Fu et al 2014).…”

Section: Weather and Climate Change Impacts On Roadsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although this VoT measure is defined for use in normal road conditions, it can be considered a low bound to the level of economic cost, because the VoT is likely to be higher during disruptive events (Jenelius et al 2011;Mattsson and Jenelius 2015). Other impacts could also be quantified, such as the increase in air pollution due to vehicle emissions and a higher total CO 2 for the journey (de Palma and Lindsey 2011; Mao et al 2012), or social impacts in terms of driver health and well-being (Quah and Boon 2003;Abu-Lebdeh 2015). Using the census journey-to-work data, the individual delay for journeys between each pair of locations can be multiplied by the observed number of commuting trips between those points to give a combined person-minute delay for those journeys [Eq.…”

Section: Economic Impacts Of Disruptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of Climate Change on Disruption to Urban Transport Networks from Pluvial Flooding

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J. Infrastruct. Syst.

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Short-duration, high-intensity rainfall causes significant disruption to transport operations, and climate change is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of these events. Disruption costs of flooding are currently calculated using crude approaches. To support improved business cases for adapting urban infrastructure to climate change, this paper presents an integrated framework that couples simulations of flooding and transport to calculate the impacts of disruption. A function, constructed from a range of observational and experimental data sources, is used to relate flood depth to vehicle speed, which is more realistic than the typical approach of categorizing a road as either blocked or free flowing. The framework is demonstrated on Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom and shows that by the 2080s disruption across the city from a 1-in-50-year event could increase by 66%. A criticality index is developed and is shown to provide an effective metric to prioritize intervention options in the road network. In this case, just two adaptation interventions can reduce travel delays across the city by 32%.

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Impact of Climate Change on Disruption to Urban Transport Networks from Pluvial Flooding

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“…It was recorded that a total of 528 motor vehicle-bicycle crashes occurred in Beijing city during the year of 2007. More noticeably, these crashes always lead to more severe injuries as bicyclists are vulnerable while colliding with motor vehicles (Robinson, 2001;Attewell et al, 2001;Ma et al, 2008).…”

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Motor vehicle–bicycle crashes in Beijing: Irregular maneuvers, crash patterns, and injury severity

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Huang

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Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…According to a World Bank report [94], the city wastes 1.2 billion L of fuel on traffic congestion, which is about 2% of GDP. The results of a study show that the traffic congestion cost in Beijing was about RMB 58 billion (4.22% of GDP) in 2010 [95]. The estimated annual congestion cost in Dhaka in Bangladesh was USD3868 million, which included an environmental externality cost of USD375 million [96].…”

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Transport Corridors for Wider Socio–Economic Development

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2019

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There can be two broad objectives of transport corridor development: to improve efficiency in the transport and logistics processes in the corridor, and to generate economic development in the corridor region, capitalizing on improved connectivity and transport networks. This paper focuses on the second objective of corridor development. A transport corridor can become a tool for spatially balanced and more sustainable economic development and human well-being in the corridor region. Considering the promise of this approach, this paper undertakes a critical review of transport infrastructure development studies undertaken in Sub-Saharan and South Asian countries to find evidence of infrastructure development impacts. Evidence gathered from the review suggests that transport infrastructure development can have significant positive impacts on economic growth, income, poverty, employment, equity, and inclusion. However, there can be important trade-offs between economy and welfare and environmental quality, and the distribution of impacts can be uneven. The paper also considers how some of the transport corridor development issues are addressed and complementary interventions that may be required, and, finally, discusses lessons learned from the review and their policy implications which can be useful for future corridor designs, and provides suggestions of research studies to fill the current knowledge gaps.

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The Social Cost of Traffic Congestion and Countermeasures in Beijing

Cited by 22 publications

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Impact of Climate Change on Disruption to Urban Transport Networks from Pluvial Flooding

Impact of Climate Change on Disruption to Urban Transport Networks from Pluvial Flooding

Motor vehicle–bicycle crashes in Beijing: Irregular maneuvers, crash patterns, and injury severity

Transport Corridors for Wider Socio–Economic Development

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