The Research On The Management System Of Urban Traffic Control In Jimei District, Xiamen

Transportation is one of most important components of public service provided by governments. With the rapid growth of the economy and the acceleration of the urbanization process as well as the implementation of the Xiamen Cross-Island Strategy for Development, the new city grows outside the island, population booms and Xiamen has to rise up to the challenge of a high rate of motor vehicle maintenance, especially private cars. The imbalance between supply and demand has caused traffic problems, leading to air pollution, deterioration of the environment and reduction in the quality of life. Metropolis such as Beijing and Shanghai have in recent years attempted to reform the traffic management system through innovations. However meaningful they are, there is no single mode to solve the problem of traffic congestion due to the special geographical characteristics of different regions. At the root of the problem is the mechanism and political system, economic development, lower planning level. After all, the government plays a decisive role in our way forward.International and domestic experiences have shown that the only way to solve the traffic problem is to develop public transport system. An efficient traffic management system including high-speed rail, intercity rail, subway, light rail, BRT System plays a crucial role in city’s sustainable development. To Xiamen, Cross-Island Development Strategy is a new vision to the huge land outside the island, but there is still considerable disparity in the system and urbanization which is due to long-term development. I choose Jimei District as a case of Xiamen’s municipal traffic management system, not only because of the rapid development and the fact that it is the experimental area of the Cross-Island Development Strategy, but also because of its multiple echelons of traffic system which contains railway (North Xiamen Railway Station), metro(Line1), highway, city road, highway, city roads. I believe it is a good case to see the problem inside. The thesis focuses on the traffic management system itself, with five main chapters. In the first chapter, the author firstly reviews the domestic and foreign related research, makes a comprehensive summary and evaluation, and defines the related concepts of’transport management system’. Besides, the author also makes detailed description of the research method and innovation. In the second part of the thesis, the author expounds the basic theory of city development and traffic management. In the third chapter, the author summarizes the practices of domestic and foreign traffic management system reform, and summarizes the successful experiences which are useful and valuable. The fourth part of the thesis, the author talks about the recent situation of Jimei district and points out the problems inside, which mainly about the infrastructure, administrative system, public transport service, vehicle control andetc. Then, in the fifth chapter, the author gives some opinions on this subject. It should start from the reform of the administrative system, considering both controlling demand and increasing supply, forming a system with a good relationship among government, public service sectors and customers.