Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation Application Form 2012

Please return the Application Form to the Guangzhou Award Secretariat at [email protected] by 30 September 2012.

A. Profile of the Initiative

Name of City/Community: Lanzhou Name of Province/State: Gansu Name of Country/Region: PR of China Africa (Sub-Saharan) Asia and Pacific yes Geographic Region (Please East and Central Europe select and tick one): North Africa and Middle East North America Latin America & Caribbean Title, name and position of person(s) submitting: 1. 2. 3. Basic City Data: Population size: 3.6million at the 2010 census Surface Area: 13085.6 KM2 (including 16 31.6 KM2 in urban area) Population Density: 1900 persons per KM2 GDP per capita: RMB 30,672 Other: (please specify) Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. A prefecture-level city, it is a key regional transportation hub; allowing areas further west to maintain railroad connections to the eastern half of the country. It is also the economic, political, and cultural centre of Gansu province. The city has four districts; three of them are on the south bank of the Yellow River, where the business, commerce, and government centres are located. Another one, Anning district, is on the north bank of the river and where BRT is located.

B. Background Information:

Title of Slogan of the Initiative (25 words max.): The fast and comfortable Lanzhou BRT is your first choice of green trip. Start date of the initiative: March 2011 Tentative end date of the initiative: The end of 2012 Thematic area(s): Anning and Qilihe districts

1 C. Summary of the origins of the initiative:

Describe how the initiative came about and what challenges or issues of sustainable development it is meant to address using the following lead questions as your guide (350 words max).

1. Describe briefly the reason(s) for undertaking initiative including challenge(s) or issues confronting the city/region/community. Include where relevant number of people, enterprises or institutions affected.

The Lanzhou municipal government has adopted a strategy of "one river, two centers, seven groups" as a key concept of its urban master plan to optimize land use and the economic and social functions of the city. It has decided to develop a second city center in Anning. As Anning will become the new political, administrative, economic, and cultural center of the city, there will be a significant increase in demand for transport to, from, and within Anning. The Project will contribute to realizing the urban master plan by supporting the development of the urban road network and the BRT system serving the new city center. It will focus on providing a sustainable urban transport system in Lanzhou. The BRT project covers reconstructed roads of Dunhuang, #514, #514-1,#514-2 and new constructed roads of #516 and #530. 271 households, 7 entities and 1493 people will move to new apartments. In addition, the BRT daily ridership will be 160,000 trips per day.

2. Describe the goals of the initiative in terms of desired change or outcome and timeframe for achieving the change or outcome (for example, change in policy, strategy, business model, technology, means of implementation, financing arrangements, measuring and evaluating, etc.)

The impact of the BRT will be sustainable economic growth, effective environmental improvement, and improved quality of urban life in Anning and Qilihe districts. The outcome will be an efficient, safe, and clean BRT urban road transport system. The Project will (i) generate certified emission reductions, (ii) increase average bus speeds on the BRT corridor, (iii) increase the share of public transport, (iv) shorten the average travel time, and (v) lower accident rates for vehicles and NMT.

3. List the parties and partners to the initiative (specify public, private, non- governmental, individual, etc.) and who is or was the leading partner(s) and the role they each played.

i. Asia Development Bank, who finance the BRT construction and started the initiative; ii. Lanzhou Municipal Government, who is in charge of BRT construction; iii. ITDP, who did the preliminary BRT conceptual plan and design and involved the BRT stations and operation design iv. Lanzhou Bus Company, who will be the operator of BRT system and is charge of buy new BRT buses; v. Guangzhou Municipal Design Institute, who is in charge of BRT roads design; vi. Future Carbon Fund of Asia Development Bank, who help to apply the certified

2 emission reduction of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

4. Describe the resources used for implementing the initiative including funding/financing strategy or arrangements and Include any significant contributions that are not in cash, for example, in human, technical or managerial resources.

i. Asia Development Bank financed the BRT construction, and Lanzhou Municipal Government finances and undertakes the resettlement related to the BRT roads. ii. ITDP provided preliminary technical assistance and concept design of BRT with 50 persons. Months, and also involved the BRT station and bus routes design. iii. Future Carbon Fund of Asia Development Bank, helped to apply the certified emission reduction of CDM. iv. The funding from CDM to reduce GHG emissions. v. Bank of China financed this project.

D. Summary of the innovation for the initiative:

Describe the innovation for the initiative using the following lead questions as a guide (350 words max).

1. Describe whether the initiative should be considered evolutionary or revolutionary. Evolutionary would imply that innovation evolved over time based on lessons learned from experience and that the changes or outcomes are cumulative. Revolutionary would imply something quite new or something that has been borrowed from elsewhere but never been tried before in the sector or context in question and therefore bears a certain degree of risk.

i. Several different station configuration design at the different sections on the one corridor to match the road condition and demand; ii. High capacity of stations, but only half length of the normal station’s iii. There are two directions Both right side door bus and left side door bus can use a same stations to use some regular bus iv. Develop underground shopping to connect BRT stations, which can add more access to BRT station and also increase land value;

2. Describe where the innovation is being applied, for example, in policy, strategy, implementation, financing arrangement, technology, governance and administration, planning and design, etc.

i. All the innovations of stations can be applied to planning and design, ii. and underground shopping mall idea can be applied to financing arrangement, planning and design.

3 3. Describe whether the innovation was inspired or borrowed from other experiences and how was the linkage with the other experiences made. Similarly, describe whether other parties have benefited or are benefiting from your innovation and how?

i. Station innovation was inspired by Guangzhou BRT system because ITDP provide technical support in Guangzhou and Lanzhou. ii. Other cities can reference from Lanzhou BRT project when they plan or design BRT system.

E. Summary of the desired change or outcome and how it is being measured

Describe how the initiative, and in particular the innovation, is or will be making a qualitative and/or quantitative change and how that change or outcome is being measured (350 words max)

1. What change(s) or outcome have you already achieved or hope to achieve. Please describe the nature of the change or outcome in, new urban quality of life, new levels of social, economic or environmental sustainability including new attitudes and behaviour, improved efficiency, effectiveness, accountability or transparency, etc. Please also describe the scale of the change, for example, primarily local, regional, national or global.

i. land value impacts and other economic development impacts, primarily local ii. changes in perceptions of public transport, walking & cycling, primarily local iii. time travel and operational savings, primarily local iv. emissions, health and environmental impacts, primarily local v. increase passengers satisfaction of public transit, primarily local

2. What measurements or metrics are you using to assess the change? Describe who is doing the measuring and who is using the measurements and how.

i. Land value, changes in perceptions of public transport, walking & cycling and passengers satisfaction: ITDP is doing the measuring and analyse before and after BRT by site survey data; ii. Time travel and operational savings: ITDP is doing measuring and getting this result from BRT operational modelling; iii. Emissions impacts: CDM

3. Describe any specific tools or methods that were developed or applied to improve the chances or attaining the desired outcome or change, for example, new working methods, new data and information, new incentives or disincentives, new means of communications and knowledge, etc.

None.

4. How does the initiative and its intended change(s) or outcomes contribute to a new image or reputation for your city or community?

Lanzhou BRT will be the second high capacity (peak hour) of BRT system in Asia and can attract lots of delegations from national and international cities, which can improve Lanzhou new image of a liveable, green-trip city.

F. Detailed description of the initiative and innovation

Choose any of the above headings or a particular aspect of the initiative that you wish to highlight and that you think best describes the reasons why the innovative aspect(s) of the initiative could be of benefit to other cities, regions, communities or parties (400 words maximum). It is the first time in China and the world, we initiative and innovate the special central but offset BRT station, which not only can accommodate BRT special buses(double side door) but also many of the current regular buses in the same BRT station, but on different side. This makes the BRT station size half long or half width than normal design. This make the land necessary for BRT implementation is reduced to half and more easier for many of the cities to have BRT on their road, can greatly save the land for the city. For passenger can also get dramatic benefit, they get free transfer between BRT and regular buses on the same station, save transfer time, since they can transfer on the same platform, can go to wider scope with one payment, and reduce the new bus purchase cost for the city. This station layout is extremely important for many of the medium capacity system and middle to small size Chinese cities, and can be replicated to many cities in China and in the World. It is the first time in China, we includes land use, commercial development, parking management and bike sharing, full multi-mode integration with the BRT systems. So far the best system integration is Guangzhou BRT in China, but that system didn’t including land use and commercial and parking management together with BRT, in Lanzhou, our system is first time in China including all these aspect together with BRT plan and design. We expect the BRT in Lanzhou can greatly change the current situation, and attract car drivers to public transportation, and use this chance to greatly improve the current landscaping, safely, and land use value. it is great innovation and has demonstration impact for many Chinese cities and for sustainable transportation project.

5 G. Descriptive material in annex to the document (Optional)

These are materials destined to allow members of the Technical Committee to have a rapid visual or graphic view of your initiative. Additional material can be submitted in DVD or CD formats. Please do not exceed the specifications below; anything that exceeds these specifications will not be forwarded to the Technical Committee or Jury. Please provide, where possible, the following:

· The Lanzhou Island BRT Station

The Lanzhou Parallel BRT Station

The Lanzhou Offset BRT Station

The TOD along BRT route