World Resources Institute: China--especially its cities--has embraced sustainable transport in a big way. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently urged Chinese cities to increase the number of travelers using non-motorized transportation to at least 50 percent by 2015. The country has been undergoing the most rapid expansion of urban rail systems in world history, and it leads Asia in bus-rapid-transit (BRT) and busway implementation. Plus, dozens of cities are expanding non-motorized transport. Hangzhou,...
URL: http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/11/trillion-rmb-question-how-can-china-fund-its-sustainable-urban-transport-growth
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