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Journal Of Automotive Safety And Energy ›› 2015, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (02): 103-118.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2015.02.001

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Traffic congestion mechanism in the automotive social cost and the “Tokyo model”

LI Chunli 1, ZHANG Zhongyun 2   

  1. 1. Faculty of Economics, Aichi University, Nagoya, 441-8522, Japan;
    2. Graduate School of Chinese Studies, Aichi University, Nagoya, 461-8641, Japan
  • Received:2015-03-13 Online:2015-06-25 Published:2015-07-08
  • About author:Prof. LI Chunli，a professor of Faculty of Economics, Aichi University, Japan, a chair professor of Zhejiang University, a part-time professor of Nankai University. He also works as an academic supervisor for Ph.D.candidates of the dual-Ph.D. program jointly operated by Aichi University, Renmin University of China, and Nankai University. He is an affiliated senior researcher for the International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a visiting scholar of Harvard University, and a part-time senior researcher of the Manufacturing Management Research Center of the University of Tokyo, Japan. He is also a president of the Society of Chinese Professors in Japan and deputy president of the Japan Chinese Society of Automotive Engineers (JCSAE). He is a member of editorial boards of several international academic journals. His major research fields include industrial economics, transportation economics, and energy and environment economics. He has been conducting researches on automotive-related industrial and social policy, innovation and lean management for many years.

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Abstract:

An analysis was made over the inherent mechanism creating the automotive social cost and the
endogenous causes of traffic congestion to explain the strategies to resolve traffic congestion problem, by
using an explaining model based on the economic theories of social cost and supply-demand relations. A
concept of transportation demand management was introduced to explain the problem from three dimensions:
controlling transportation demand, changing trip modes, as well as rational planning of urban spatial distribution.
Due to Tokyo’s comparability with Beijing, an elaboration was made on the “Tokyo Model” that derives from its
experience of regulating its own traffic congestion, with its three major characteristics: the restriction on selfdriving
trips, the development of three-dimensional rail transit system, and the emphasis on the construction
of urban “sub-center”. After compared with such megalopolises as Tokyo, London, and New York, it is clear to
highlight Beijing’s uniqueness. Therefore, theoretic explanations and specific policy advice can be proposed by
using the experience of other countries for reference to tackle traffic congestion problem in China.

Key words: automotive social cost, traffic congestion, transportation demand management, Tokyo Model, three-dimensional rail transit system, sub-center, integrated station-city development