Less than 20 years ago, only a few cities in China had some small subway systems, but after the 2008 Olympics, the metro construction kicked off and the subways grew at an extremely fast rate. Today there are lines in almost 25 cities, the world’s biggest subway is currently located in Shanghai.
Visit the website transitoriented.design for an animation showing the astonishing subway system development in China between 1990 until 2020.