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Analysis of Traffic Block in Downtown Area


WANG Ji-wu,LONG Hong

DOI:10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2004.05.002

Received ,Revised May 20, 2004, Accepted , Available online July 01, 2015

Volume ,2004,Pages 6-10

  • Abstract
With social and economic development in the past decades, the cities and towns was in rapid progress of urbanization. Under such circumstances, certain "urban concerns" causing serious problems in urban growth were arisen and attracted general attention. Located in the central plains in China, Zhengzhou has taken several strategies in its urbanization to ensure its urban development, including loop construction and "smooth transmit" program. However, the traffic block in downtown area always exists and has impact in certain level on the social and economic development in Zhengzhou, which is actually a common issue in other large cities of central and western China. Beginning with analysis of the patterns of urban spatial forms, in this paper, the main transportation issues of downtown area in Zhengzhou were discussed to find a way for its solution.