TouchBeijing.com » Beijing City Planning http://www.touchbeijing.com Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:38:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Beijing Subway http://www.touchbeijing.com/beijing-subway/ http://www.touchbeijing.com/beijing-subway/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:46:04 +0000 admin http://www.touchbeijing.com/?p=2571 The Line 1 of Beijing Subway was constructed in 1969, it was the first urban subway system in China, the system has 9 lines right now, and connects 147 stations around the downtown and suburb area of Beijing.

Beijing Subway network is the second longest underground transportation system next to Shanghai Metro, the daily transportation has exceeded about 5 million people, more lines are undergoing rapidly to meet this mass transit need. The network will have 19 lines and 561 Km of tracks by the year of 2015.

According to the lastest report, the daily peak flow hit 5,327,900 on the last day of 2009.

Click here for a more detail map of Beijing Subway Lines.

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The 2nd Ring Road started to constructed in 1960s, it finished in 1992 with 29 flyover bridges online, from then on, the city’s growing pattern fixed at ring after ring, till the latest 6th Ring. According to recent report, the City will stop at 6th Ring, no more no less. Why? because the 7th will be out of the range of Beijing.

The 6th Ring will be a toll way, it will be the detour drive way for vehicles transpass Beijing, without driving into the 5th Ring, which is already busy enough.

With the space bigger, the axis is extended as well, the Red line was the old axis inside the 2nd Ring, and the Green line is the new axis to the Olympic Park.


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With the upcoming of the 60th anniversery of the People’s Republic of China, there is an expansion project undergoing in the west part of Chang’an Avenue, the road will be 10-lanes wide after the project. The construction around Xinhuamen Area starts on 20th of March, and most of the work will be done in the night for not affecting day’s traffic, the project will be finished by August.

Compensation for relocation of the habitants is in progress, and where ever you go in this neighbourhood, you can hear someone talking about this, according to the estimation for the property in this area, the price goes about RMB25,095 Yuan/square meter, sounds no bad, but the local family average space seems to be not very big…


This is the announcement, and it indicates which house is going to be demolished.


At the entrance of an old courtyard, a pillar used this way to reinforce the structure.


Tiles of the roof, the pattern we know means longevity.


Inside one of the courtyard, we can tell the rooms are not very comfortable to live in.


Bird nest, kind of vrey popular local hobby.


The area is very close to the National Opera House.


Entrance into an old barracks of the Qing Dynasty.


A old entrance into a temple, the temple was built for a concubine of the Emperor Qianlong, the concubine said to be very favoured by Qianlong, and she was a muslin. I can just see part of the entrance, but cannot see any building behind it. This place is very easy to miss, a public toilet was built just in front.


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]]> http://www.touchbeijing.com/west-changan-avenue-expansion/feed/ 0 Beijing West CBD to be developped http://www.touchbeijing.com/beijing-west-cbd-to-be-developped/ http://www.touchbeijing.com/beijing-west-cbd-to-be-developped/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:36:54 +0000 admin http://www.touchbeijing.com/?p=540 With the Subway line 1 going to Mentougou, the far west district of Beijing in 2012, the second CBD will be developed there before 2020. This new CBD will locate in Shijingshan, Fengtai, Daxing, Fangshan, Mentougou districts, with a total area of 19 square KM.

Different from the CBD in the east, the west CBD will function as a trading hub for noble metals, steel future, energy, and provides service in business consultation, advertisement, financial investment and innovative industry.

A 18KM-long Eco-relaxing belt will be developed close to the Yongding Bridge (Maco Polo bridge), and some wild parks and wet land parks will be developed as well.

Three steps to go:

1. Chang’an Avenue conception extended into the Mentougou in the west, as the Line 1 Subway to be connected in 2012, and the Shougang (Capital Steel Group) will be moved out from this area.

2. 2013-2017 developing stage.

3. 2018-2020 to be finished.


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