处于社会主义初级阶段的我国城市现代化建设是一项紧迫而艰巨的任务。在城市现代化建设中,城市交通建设的现代化问题显得越来越重要。西方国家的现代化建设的经验表明:没有城市交通的现代化,就不可能建成现代化的国际大城市。笔者曾对欧美国家一些大城市进行过为期一年余的实地考察和研究,对西方发达国家的城市交通现代化程度印象颇为深刻。它们城市交通的基本格局是:私人汽车是居民出行的主要交通工具,公共交通已经形成立体化网络,但只起补充作用。各国市政当局面临的问题是,日益严重的“车满为患”和城 The modernization of our cities in the primary stage of socialism is an urgent and arduous task. In the process of urban modernization, the modernization of urban transport construction is becoming more and more important. The experience of the modernization of western countries shows that it is impossible to build a modern international metropolis without the modernization of urban transport. The author once conducted some field investigations and studies for some large cities in Europe and the United States for more than a year and was quite impressed by the modernization of urban transport in developed countries in the West. The basic pattern of urban transport is that private cars are the main means of transport for residents and public transport has formed a three-dimensional network but only serves as a supplement. The problems facing municipal authorities are the growing “overcrowded” and urban areas