Beijing Highway Design Research Institute
Technical
Workshop on Interchange Design Concepts for
Sustainable Development in China
Wednesday,
April 10, 2002
Hosted by the Beijing Highway Design Research Institute
and the China Highway Association
Technical Program Coordination: Palisades Group USA
Fundamental to China’s future growth is the development of its national highway system. Using western–based design standards, China has made great strides in designing and building the highway system. China is approximately the same size geographically as the United States, but has five times the population of the US. As its population becomes more prosperous and more mobile, there is a need and obligation to investigate alternative interchange designs that can incorporate high-density land use and multi-modal access.
This Technical Workshop will focus on new concepts in highway interchange design that can enhance the sustainability of land use development in China, by reducing the risk of unintended urban and suburban sprawl. It will feature presentations from prominent highway design engineers from China and the United States. The Breakout Session will focus on key issues in future interchange design. Workshop summary materials will be compiled and distributed to relevant highway design organizations in China. The meeting will be conducted in Chinese with English translation and English with Chinese translation.
8:30 am Breakfast and Registration
§ Director Chen He (BHDRI) and the Executive Director of the China Highway Association
§ Eva Lerner-Lam (Palisades)
9:30 am Technical Session #1
Chen He, President and Director, Beijing Highway Design Research Institute: “Current State of the Practice of Highway Interchange Design in China”
10:00 am Hal Kassoff, P.E., Senior Vice President, Parson Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Washington, DC, USA: “How Highway Interchange Design Can Enhance Sustainability—Case Studies from around the World.”
11:00
am David Roper, P.E., David
Roper Associates, Inc., California, USA:
“Innovative Design Concepts for Optimizing Multi-Modal Access at Highway
Interchanges”
12:00 noon Lunch
1:30 pm Leo K. K. Leung, Managing Director, HOPEC Engineering Design, Ltd, Hong Kong: “GSZ Superhighway Interchanges: Engineering an Integrated Highway Interchange Design for Community Development.”
2:30 pm Case
Study for a future Beijing interchange:
The foreign highway design experts will review and make recommendations
to BHDRI engineers on the design of a new interchange for Beijing
4:00 pm Closing remarks (Director Chen)
4:15 pm Adjourn