Haixiao Pan is Professor of Urban Planning in the Department of Urban Planning at Tongji University in Shanghai, China. He is one of China’s leading researchers in urban land use and transport planning. He has published three books and numerous articles in this area. In addition, he has been involved in many urban planning projects and transport planning studies commissioned by local governments, including Transport and Towns Development in Shanghai Region,Concept Study of Shanghai 2010 Expo Transport, Shanghai 2010 Expo Transport Management Framework (funded by Shanghai Municipal Government), and Metro Transport and Urban Spatial Structure (commissioned by China Nature Science Foundation).