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Urban Transportation in Chinese Cities: An Efficiency Assessment

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Wei, J.
Xia, W.
Guo, Xiumei
Marinova, Dora
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2013
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Wei, Juichang and Xia, Wang and Guo, Xiumei and Marinova, Dora. 2013. Urban Transportation in Chinese Cities: An Efficiency Assessment. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 23: pp. 20-24.
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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 23, August, 2013, Pages 20-24, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2013.03.011

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We use 2008 data for 34 Chinese cities to compare urban transportation systems. The results show stronger eastern and central cities focusing more on high capacity and less on sustainable modes of transportation, while western cities do the opposite. Chinese cities with more sustainable transportation are also more likely to have lower gross domestic product per capita, be smaller, are less urbanized and have higher bus usage. This model needs to change to align with China’s new policy priorities.