I started my planning program at UBC, two weeks ago.
The orientation week included a talk from a new faculty member from China. He explained the desperate need of educated, competent planners in China with its rapid urbanization:
China is expecting a population of 350M people to move to the cities in the next 20 years. That is the population of North America moving to currently not-built city.
On a related topic, Beijing just experienced a 9-day, 100km long traffic jam.
Sounds like some kind of hell: Never knowing when the cars will start moving... for 5 minutes, 5 hours, 5 days....
My hunch is that this all bodes well for the world.
Anyways, this may be my return to blogging... we'll see how the semester goes.
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Terrific! I never heard of this before...such a jam it seems it happens frequently in China?? Is it so?? I am really scared, I do not think this long JAM and struckup can be seen in other parts of world and especially a developed nation. Where can I get video and photos related to this? They need good transportation management and how the transportation service providers earn then.
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