HE Donghua
Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute, Guangzhou Guangdong 510060, China

Abstract： Guangzhou is the pioneering city in promoting “Transit Oriented Development (TOD) subway + com-mercial property” concept in China. Over the past 30 years, from the proposing of planning scheme for subway line 1 of Guangzhou in 1988 to the development of “subway + commercial property” along it, we found out that the ide-al 3D principle of TOD based on undeveloped land from the US usually failed to be applicable to the center of the old urban area in China’s cities, where high density brought about the lack of public space, mixed commercial and business offices in the old urban areas dilutes cultural distinctiveness, and design innovation not easy to be materi-alized due to the lack of guarantee mechanism. This paper indicated that when constructing rail transit stations in urban built-up areas in China, priority should be given to the development of distinctive functions incorporated with regional characteristics. Moreover, it is advised to take such a strategy featuring high density plus public space, mixed utilization plus characteristic space, and innovative design plus operational mechanism. DOI: 10.13813/j.cn11-5141/u.2018.0107-en

Keywords： rail transit planning; TOD; integrated development; 3D+ principles; Guangzhou