2011年是中國(guó)城市化（urbanization）進(jìn)程中的歷史性時(shí)刻，其城市人口首次超過(guò)農(nóng)村人口。在未來(lái)20年里，預(yù)計(jì)約有3.5億農(nóng)村人口將移居到城市。如此規(guī)模的城市發(fā)展對(duì)城市交通來(lái)說(shuō)既是挑戰(zhàn)，也是機(jī)遇。中國(guó)政府一直提倡“以人為本”的發(fā)展理念，強(qiáng)調(diào)人們以公交而不是私家車出行。它還號(hào)召建設(shè)“資源節(jié)約和環(huán)境友好型”社會(huì)。有了這個(gè)明確的目標(biāo)，中國(guó)城市就可以更好地規(guī)劃其發(fā)展，并把大量投資轉(zhuǎn)向安全、清潔和經(jīng)濟(jì)型交通系統(tǒng)的發(fā)展上。

2011 witnesses the historic moment of the Chinese urbanization process. The urban population exceeded the rural population for the first time. In the next 20 years, it is estimated that about 350 million rural people would move to the cities. This scale of urbanization is both a challenge and an opportunity to urban transportation. The Chinese government has been promoting "people-oriented" development philosophy, which emphasizes that people should choose buses over private cars. It also calls for building "a resource-saving and environment-friendly" society. With this clear objective, Chinese cities will be able to better plan their development, and invest heavily on the evolution of a safe, clean and economical transportation system.