关键词: 城市交通, 轨道交通发展, 公共交通系统, 经济性, 结构性, 资金筹集

Abstract: With the recent development of Chinese cities and experiences from abroad megacities, the paper addresses the necessities and principles of urban rail transit development in China. Several major relationships are analyzed in terms of railway and urban traffic, public and non-public transport, as well as rail transit and bus. Thus, the potential advantages and future directions are illustrated for establishing the rail-oriented public transit system. The developing principles are proposed, which suggests a rail network suitable for the overall planning of one city. The appropriate mode and economic and structural factors should also be considered for rail transit development, and the over-advanced construction should be avoided. In the final section, the detailed measurements for developing rail transit are presented with illustration on the fund raising approach.

Key words: urban traffic, rail transit development, public transit systems, economic factors, structural factors, fund raising