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including taxis, motorised rickshaws, minivans and minibuses, also provide essential public
transport services, often along routes and journeys that are not well served by conventional
public transport options. Many paratransit vehicles tend to be old and polluting, and they often
have a poor safety record.
Scenario 4 envisages that new vehicle technologies are introduced, providing a new, clean
paratransit vehicle fleet, with improved driving standards. Scenario 4 assumes a large increase
in motorised two-wheelers on current levels, and they are all electric. E-bikes have uncertain
environmental impacts depending on power supply and their use of the old lead-acid battery
technology. E-bikes should be encouraged to the extent that they displace car or motorcycle
use, but the majority of e-bikes tend to belong to previous bus or bicycle users, so there are
some unintended mode shifts.
CHINA
Hi-Speed Rail
In Service
Under Construction
Planned
300-350 kph (186-220 mph)
200-250 kph (125-155 mph)
Qiqihar
Haerbin
Chanqchun
Jilin
Ulanqab
Shenyang
Chengde
Baotou
Datong
Qinhuangdao
Beijing
Dandong
200 km
200 mi
Urumqi
Baoding
Shijiazhuang
Ta i y u a n
Dalian
Tianjin
Weihai
Jinan
Qingdao
Lanzhou
Shangqiu
Zhengzhou
Xuzhou
Xi'an
Baoji
Bengbu
Fuyang
Huainan
Chaohu
Nanjing
Hefei
Shanghai
Hangzhou
Wanzhou
Chizhou
Wuhan
Huzhou
Chengdu
Suining
Xuancheng
Huangshan
Yichang
Jiujang
Ningbo
Jiande
Chongqing
Changsha
Nanchang
Jinhua
Wenzhou
Hengyang
Ganzhou
c
Guiyang
Fuzhou
Putian
Xiamen
Dali
Longyan
Liuzhou
Bose
Kunming
Nanning
Guangzhou
Qinzhou
Shenzhen
Hong Kong
Macau
Zhanjiang
Beihai
Haikou
Sanya
Up to date as of 26 Dec. 2012
Figure 6.25
High-speed rail network map, China
Source
: Yonah Freemark and Thetransportpolitic.
