China’s Expressway Mileage per Capita 10% that of US

26 January 2007

Compared by the population density, China’s expressway mileage per 10,000 population in 2005 was 10%, 17% and 25% of that of the US, France and Germany, respectively.

Expressways in the US have connected all cities with populations pf more than 50,000; in Germany, all the cities with populations of more than 50,000 and 90% of cities with population less than 50,000; and in Japan, all cities with populations of more than 100,000.

In China, the expressway just covers provincial capital cities and cities with urban population more than 500,000, and in the medium cities with population more than 200,000, just 60% of which are connected by expressway.