Olympic Games and Planning and Construction of Urban Rail Transit in Beijing

With the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, the social and economic development of Beijing has entered a new stage. The high standards and high requirements of the Olympic Games has promoted the construction of urban infrastructures and has especially led Beijing's urban rail transit construction into a period for rapid development. Firstly, this paper discusses briefly on the planning of urban rail transit in Beijing before the Olympic Games and for the near future as well as on the planning ideas of rail transit for the sustainable development and integration with the development and transportation of the major functional areas of the city. Secondly, an introduction is given to the coverage of the Olympic rail transit network, based on which the Olympic transportation circle layers are classified and the analysis is mainly particularly the operation organization program for the Olympic Feeders. Finally, it is proposed to strengthen the application of transit facilities near the rail transit stations during the Olympic Games and expand further the service range of the public transportation system.