A Research of the Impacts of the Rail Transit on the Development of the Commercial Space

With the rapid development of the national economy and the speeding up of urbanization, the rail transport is gradually becoming the main way of the urban public transportation. The rail transit, as a kind of large capacity, high speed, safety and punctual transportation, not only improves the accessibility of the urban traffic, but also raises the new commercial circle. It brings a huge impact to the development of urban commercial space. In recent years, with the rapid development of Zhuhai, the government has started the constructions of the rail system and the north station TOD project in order to alleviate the traffic congestion in the downtown of Zhuhai. Based on the north station TOD projects, the relationship between the rail transit and the urban commercial space had been analyzed. The rail transit impact on development of commercial space had been studied.