After decades of rapid economic growth, Chinese cities now face serious urban transport challenges, such as congestion, air pollution, energy shortage, and global climate change. EEPC and Beijing Transportation Research Center are now working together to develop a research program to examine effective approaches to address these challenges. An international workshop on urban transportation management and environmental policy was organized by EEPC on August 15 and 16, 2010.
On August 15 and 16, 2010, the international workshop “Urban Transportation Management and Environmental Policy” took place at ACFTU Hotel (Zhongguo Zhigongzhijia Hotel) in Beijing, China. The conference was co-sponsored by the Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at Peking University), and Beijing Transportation Research Center (BTRC, Beijing Transportation Commission).
The main objectives of the meeting include:(1) To enhance understanding of various urban transportation challenges in the context of China, with a focus on Beijing;(2) To discuss different environmental policy instruments adopted in Beijing, and assess the impacts of these policies in urban transportation management on outcomes;(3) To introduce updated knowledge in international transportation management practices as well as economic methodology of urban transportation system analysis to practitioners in Beijing Municipality and other Chinese cities.
In order to fulfill the above goals sessions were organized on the following topics:1. Overview and Outlook of Beijing Transportation Management;2. Mode of Low-Carbon Transport Development in World Cities;3. Beijing and World Cities Dealing With Traffic Congestion and Energy Crisis;4. Experiences of Alternative Policy Instruments;5. Technical Workshop on Analysis of Travel Demand.
Besides EEPC and Beijing Transportation Research Center, other institutions participating the even include: Beijing Transportation Commission, University of California at Berkeley, Michigan State University, University of Utah, Resources for the Future, Kagawa University of Japan, the World Bank, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, Beijing Municipal Planning Commission，the Center for Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection in Beijing.
For further contact: Ping Qin: Qin.Ping@economics.gu.seJintao Xu: Xujt@pku.edu.cn
