Transport network supports new urbanization

The "National New Urbanization Plan (2014-2020)" ("Planning") issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council recently issued a proposal to strive for a new type of Chinese characteristics with a people-centered approach, four synchronizations, optimized layout, ecological civilization, and cultural heritage. Urbanization. In optimizing the layout and form of urbanization, it is necessary to strengthen the support of the comprehensive transportation network, construct two horizontal axes with a land bridge channel, along the Yangtze River channel, and three vertical axes along the coast, Jinghajingguang, and Baokun channels, and Based on urban agglomerations and nodal cities, other urban areas are an important part of the coordinated development of large, medium and small cities and small towns.

The "Planning" pointed out that improving the integrated transport corridors and interregional transportation backbone networks, strengthening the traffic linkages among urban agglomerations, accelerating the integration planning and construction of urban agglomeration traffic, improving the external traffic of small and medium-sized cities and small towns, and playing a comprehensive transportation network for urbanization Pattern support and guidance. By 2020, ordinary railway networks will cover more than 200,000 population cities, rapid rail networks will basically cover more than 500,000 population cities; ordinary national highways will basically cover counties, national highways will basically cover more than 200,000 population cities, and civil aviation networks will continue to expand. Covers about 90% of the country's population.

The "Planning" requires improving the integrated transportation network between urban agglomerations, building an integrated transportation network within the urban agglomeration, building a comprehensive urban transportation hub, and improving the traffic conditions of small and medium cities and small towns. The "planning" also requires that public transport be placed at the forefront of urban transport development.