Sam Chow is a Director of Consulting in Arup that heads the East Asia Region Transport Consulting Group. He is a professional / chartered engineer that holds a Bachelors of Civil Engineering from Monash University in Australia as well as a Masters of Business Administration from University of Ottawa in Canada. Mr Chow has over 27 years of transport consulting as well as senior management experience in Asia Pacific region. He has been running a wide range of projects from individual developments to city-wide transport planning and policies, from parking studies, rail stations planning to ports and airports planning, from pedestrian studies to freight transport plan. His presentation will focus on Sustainability Elements in Formulating Transport Plan for TOD Projects.

1. APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
IN URBAN CONTEXT
Sam Chow, Director of Consulting, East Asia Transport Consulting Leader
Green Drinks China, Shanghai, 12th September 2013

2. Sustainable Transport

3. Intelligent Communications Technology
The world is just a
click away.
But totally effective?
Human touch?

4. Intelligent Transport System
 Information available on the tip of your fingers
 Determine the best mode choice / route available
 But, who develop / maintain this mega-information platform?

5. Pedestrian System
Accessible and Permeable Too Complicated?
Comfortable Too Long?

6. Bicycle System
 Limited by range? Bicycle + Public Transport
79 Bicycle Rental
Schemes in
China:
• Wuhan
• Hangzhou
• Shanghai
• Suzhou
• Hefei
• Shenzhen
• …

7. Bicycle System
 Can’t bring
your own
bicycle
onto public
transport
system?

8. Rail System
 Perhaps the best mass
mobility solution so far
 Significant implications on
infrastructure
 Significant long-term
operational resources

9. Buses
 Electric buses travelling range
still limited by technology
 Will Induction Power Charging
system be the solution?

10. Private Cars
Low cost & high impact incentives for EV include:
• Charging spots in central commercial car parks
• Flexible peak/off-peak charging price structure
• Charging with renewable energy
• Public training program on using EV
• Dedicated website to educate public on EV
 EV limited by technology? Public acceptance?
 Car Sharing System? Security / Financial Viability?

11. Innovative Rail System
 Personal Rapid
Transit (PRT)
 Public transport
mode featuring
automated
vehicles
 Point-to-point
service
Sufficient
Capacity?

12. Will the solution be a
balance of all the above?

13. Sustainable
Transport
Synergy of Systems

14. The Balanced Solution
The Synergy of TOD and Sustainable Urban Development
Original Land Use  Rail Station  Network Adjustment  Land Use Adjustment  Proposed Land Use
可持续富裕
Sustainable
Affluence
Expansion
Innovation
Social
Harmony
Transit-
Oriented
Development
Prosperity
Environmental
Protection
Adaptation

15. Transport Design Strategy
Rail Station
School
Residential
Centre
Land Use
Pedestrian Network Design
Main Road
Network to
Avoid
Segregation
of Land Use
User-friendly
Pedestrian
Environment
Seamless
Interchange
Road Design
to
Accommodat
e Different
Modes of
Transport

Residential

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