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City Overview

Tianjin is governed as one of the four direct-controlled municipalities in China, in addition to Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing. It is a port city located along the northern coast of the country and is China’s fourth largest city in terms of urban population. Tianjin has rapid transit systems consisting of light railway and metro. As of August 2017, the Tianjin metro system consists of 5 lines, 89 stations and 150km of track in operation, with daily ridership around 760 thousand passengers. Two more lines are scheduled to open in 2016 and a third by 2020. The China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot and the GPSC will help Tianjin conduct various diagnostic analyses, such as evaluating land development and redevelopment potential for TOD based on land use status quo, analyzing traffic demand management and parking in the core areas, and assessing financing gaps for TOD projects and private sector opportunities, among others.

Planning Strategies

The current Tianjin City Masterplan covers the period 2010 to 2020 and is led by the Shijiazhuang Planning Bureau. Their timeline for updating this plan is 2016 to 2018. The city’s Urban Rail Plan covers the period of 2011 to 2020 and is also led by the City Planning Bureau

Ongoing Initiatives

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