Benefits of the Tram System in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China

The research focused on the new built tram system, Tram Line 1, in Zhuhai, which the tram is one kind of urban track traffic systems. Three kinds of benefits are analyzed as following. Firstly, the economic benefits have been studied including the passenger time-saving benefit and the land value-added benefit. Secondly, the social benefits, which means according to the results of the reducing traffic accidents benefit prediction model and the reducing journey fatigue model, have been analyzed. Thirdly, the environmental benefits have been analyzed, which means by using the prediction of the energy saving benefits, the reducing air pollution benefits forecasting model and the CRTN model to predict the noise effects on the surrounding environment. The paper tried to let the public fully understand the indirect and external social interests which the tram system would bring up. It also gave some suggestions for the sustainable development of the tram system.