Development of Traffic Demand Management in China

The application of TDM abroad has been proved to be successful, but China can't blindly follow suit. Instead, we should combine China's national conditions and actual conditions, and selectively adopt or apply its management ideas to improve China's relevant management strategies.

Just like China's ITS, it has developed rapidly and systematized. In foreign countries, ITS was put forward and implemented on the premise of developed road network and numerous vehicles, while in China, ITS was implemented under the condition of imperfect road network and few vehicles. This is mainly because China has traffic problems similar to those in developed countries, such as traffic congestion, congestion, environmental pollution, high accident rate, and some aspects are even more serious than those in foreign countries. To solve the problems caused by traffic, we must start from the system point of view, from both hardware and software. At this point, the research and implementation of ITS focuses on hardware, while TDM focuses on software. The two goals are consistent and complement each other in the implementation process.

When formulating an effective transportation policy, it is necessary to investigate not only the land use, but also the content and behavior of every urban activity. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate living habits, business types and product types, especially the project construction involving a large number of trips. It is necessary to comprehensively consider the economic development, environmental planning and environmental protection in the surrounding areas in the future, and introduce TDM ideas and effective measures in advance to ensure the sustainable development of traffic.