Analysis on Transport Policies of Post-Olympic Times of Beijing

As one of the most influential international activities of the world, the Olympic Games receive great attentions from the host countries. In light of the targets outlined in 2004 Beijing Transport Development Program, the author discusses the concrete strategies on how to realize the goals for the post-Olympic times in the coming decade. Based on the investigations on practical status of traffic operations before and after Beijing Olympics, the paper analyzes in detail the state-of-arts of Beijing road traffic operations, and points out that the key problem is how to make the balance between the public and private transport sectors. By comparing the evidences of Beijing and other cities, author also argues about several hot transport policy topics such the limitation on rapid-increasing but unsustainable car usage in urban central areas, taxi operational system, parking administration and the construction of rail-based public transport system. The paper concludes that road public transport in Beijing has not got enough priority in operations comparing to other non-public vehicles and private cars own too much practical superiority especially in parking of urban central areas. A series of suggestions on transport policies have been advances for recent and long-term development via the summarization to the valuable policy practice during Beijing Olympics experiences.