Large-Scale Events Traffic Organization And Demand Management Strategies In Cities

As China's overall national strength has risen gradually,some big cities are vying to host all kinds of big events,such as the 2008 Olympic Games,the 2010 Shanghai World Expo,the 2013 Shandong Arts Festival,Agricultural Fair held annually in the large first line cities and so on.These big events lead to a large amount of traffic in limited space and time,which puts much pressure on road and servicing facilities.Solving this problem can not simply rely on large number of infrastructure constructions,which needs huge economic investments.Considering the efficiency use of resources,it5s also a big waste which is inconsistent with a conserving society advocated by this nation.Therefore,the best way to meet the traffic demand of the big events is to design a scientific and reasonable traffic organization and management plan.This paper first gave a definition of the big event.Based on the definition and combined with practice,it summarized the traffic characteristics of the big event.Second,it studied the characteristics,processes,steps of the traffic and also its impacts on the big event,then analyzed the traffic supply capacity in the big event.Third,based on the forecasting method of traffic flow,this paper made a macro and micro analysis on the traffic flow,through which it provided the ground for the forecasting methods in subsequent trafiBc flow.Fourth,the author divided forecasting method of traffic flow into two methods:The background traffic demand forecasting used the four stage method while the induced traffic demand forecasting used the elastic coefficient method.Fifth,it ascertained the calculation method of the distribution in traffic facilities in the big event.Sixth,the author discussed the methods of traffic organization and management in the big event from four aspects:traffic organization strategy,traffic demand management,trafific planning and special strategies implemented in the congestion areas.Finally,taking the Wuhan City Park Expo as an example,this paper studied the strategies of traffic organization and management in the big event.According to the traffic situation of Wuhan Garden Expo,this paper predicted the flow of park visitors and the scale of park traffic facilities.Based on the traffic organization and management strategies and methods,it also proposed the traffic organization plan and traffic demand management strategy of Wuhan Garden Expo.