Handbook on Transport in Asia

Edited by Sylvia Y. He, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Contents1 Introduction to the Handbook on Transport in Asia 1Sylvia Y. HePART I TRANSPORT MODES AND TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR IN ASIA2 High-speed rail development in Japan 17Ayushman Bhatt, Hironori Kato and Fumio Kurosaki3 Recovery from COVID-19 and air transportation in the ASEAN+3 region 39Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt and Anming Zhang4 Walkable City initiatives: the case of Seoul, Korea 55Sugie Lee5 Spatial travel patterns of different transit modes in Beijing: a geo-visual analysis 80Sui Tao, Mengmeng Zhang and Qianliang Jiang6 Crowdsourcing for public response and communications during unplanned transit network disruptions: a case study in China 103Shuli Luo, Graham Currie and Xiao Fu7 Dockless bike-sharing in China: making the bus more quickly and smartly connected 123Yuanyuan Guo8 Planning for electric vehicle infrastructures in Singapore: an integrated approach 145Qiaowen Bai, Wei Zhou and Ghim Ping Ong9 Development and deployment of connected and automated vehicles in a Chinese city 169Sicheng Wang, Hanchu Zhou, Guannan Zou, Jiang Xu and Calvin King Lam Chung10 The development of ferry services in Hong Kong and its impacts on urban and regional areas 195Yui-yip Lau, Adolf K. Y. Ng and Ka-chai Tam PART II TRANSPORT POLICY, PLANNING, AND DESIGN11 Policy instruments for sustainable urban transport in Singapore 205Fangzhou Dai, Xueli Liu and Mi Diao12 Emerging mobilities and sustainable transport policy directions in Hong Kong 224Sylvia Y. He, Ka Kit Sun, Bhuvanachithra Chidambaram, Clement Ho and Kathy Lo13 Smart mobility in India 249Chandrima Mukhopadhyay14 Advancing transport financing through service contracting: an exploratory study in the Philippines 270Varsolo Sunio, Sandy Mae Gaspay, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano and Alexis Fillone15 Built environment and walking activity in Yokohama City, Japan 287Kimihiro Hino16 Improving walkability: a critical review of pedestrianization in the Philippines 303Crispin Emmanuel D. DiazPART III TRANSPORT AND LAND USE17 A reflection on inverted U-curve theory using empirical evidence of transit-induced gentrification from Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Tokyo 339Jen-Jia Lin and Huei-Yin Wang18 Accessibility and property values in Hong Kong 358Christopher D. Higgins, Jin Murakami and Sylvia Y. He19 The development nexus of high-speed rail station areas and local cities in the Yangtze River Delta, China 380Lei Wang, Xiaoran Zhang, Ning Xu and Sheng Wei20 Examining how transit agencies adapt land value capture in mainland China, 1992–2023: the case of the Guangzhou Metro Group Company 396Xinjian Li and Peter E. D. Love21 Are Singapore’s new towns self-contained? An examination based on post-COVID-19 public transport smart card data 416Yuting Hou, Jiemin Zheng, Xize Wang and Sylvia Y. HePART IV TRANSPORT AND SOCIETY22 Social equity in transport planning: a future agenda for social transformation across China 446Pengjun Zhao, Hanzi Yang and Mengqiu Cao 23 Towards a just and equitable transportation system: a research agenda for South Asia 458Shaila Jamal and K. Bruce Newbold24 Transportation inequalities and access to transportation among women and people with disabilities in Indonesia 476Fikriyah Winata, Denissa Purba and Julie Cidell25 First steps to independent travel for children in Japan 499E. Owen D. Waygood, Satoshi Nakao and Ayako Taniguchi26 Road safety in Israel: an examination of priority interventions on the national road network toward Vision Zero 519Victoria Gitelman27 Urban road traffic, public health, and urban quality of life: the case of Iran 543Haidar Nadrian and Kamyar PirehbabiPART V CONCLUSION28 Conclusion: pivotal themes in Asia’s transport and future directions 570Sylvia Y. HeIndex 575

‘The Handbook on Transport in Asia presents an extensive examination of the region’s rapidly transforming transport systems. Through case studies and in-depth research, it addresses critical themes such as sustainability, equity, and emerging technologies, offering essential guidance for academics and practitioners.’