Spatiotemporal Distribution and Influential Factors of Urban Traffic in 1936,Hangzhou
Hangzhou government conducted a survey on the traffic among 20 urban intersections in or-der to lessen traffic congestion in 1936.Based on this report,the paper finds that urban traffic formed differ-ent magnitude influenced by urban function,road hierarchy,commercial layout,population density,person-nel occupation and entertaining expense at that time.The temporal distribution of urban traffic presented consumer-oriented characteristic and the spatial distribution of urban traffic presented dispersed from the central zone to marginal zone.It could be inferred that the partial texture in the urban construction of Hang-zhou had changed,the regional functional division of labors had formed,the spatiotemporal dimensions of citizen life expanded continually,and overall image of urban space transformed dramatically.