Enhancing Beijing’s Resilience by Improving Tongzhou’s Access to High-Speed Rail Transportation

The relocation of 400,000 Beijing municipal employees to Tongzhou promises to reduce congestion and pollution in the city center. Further, the relocation could facilitate economic cooperation and integration of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei megaregion. Together, these initiatives can help make Beijing a...

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Published in:Urban rail transit 2017-03, Vol.3 (1), p.23-33
Main Authors: Auffrey, Christopher, Fu, Xin, Wang, Xinhao, McClearnon, Alyssa Wissel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airport rail links
Airports
Automotive Engineering
Computational Intelligence
Congestion
Engineering
Foundations
Geoengineering
High speed rail
Hydraulics
Megaregion
Original Research Papers
Railroad transportation
Railway stations
Regional planning
Relocation
Resilience
Subway
Subway stations
Subways
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Summary:The relocation of 400,000 Beijing municipal employees to Tongzhou promises to reduce congestion and pollution in the city center. Further, the relocation could facilitate economic cooperation and integration of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei megaregion. Together, these initiatives can help make Beijing and Northern China more resilient, though critical issues of the connectivity of Tongzhou to the rest of Beijing and the megaregion need to be addressed. This paper focuses on two questions related to the success of these efforts: (1) How many additional commuters can be expected to use the existing subway stations in Tongzhou as a result of the relocation; and (2) How can Tongzhou be better connected to the megaregion’s high-speed rail network and a major airport. To answer the first question, a GIS-based model was used to analyze subway ridership data to estimate changes in rush hour commuters at Tongzhou’s subway stations under three scenarios. The results estimate substantial increases in commuters unless large proportions of the workers move their residences to Tongzhou. To answer the second question, a Moving Platform Infrastructure Network (MPIN) was conceptualized as an innovative alternative to provide needed access to high-speed rail and a major airport. The resulting MPIN provides fast and environmentally sensitive connections, while potentially reducing congestion at the Beijing South railway station. In addition, the MPIN concept could be used in other parts of the megaregion.
ISSN:2199-6687
2199-6679
DOI:10.1007/s40864-017-0057-1