As a professor of transportation management, Gao Ziyou has thought more about severe traffic congestion than most, and his breakthrough ideas have helped manage the complicated relationships between pedestrians, vehicles and roads in Beijing and other cities.

On Saturday, Gao, 52, will share the Fudan Prize for Eminent Contributors to Management Science awarded by the Fudan Premium Fund of Management in Shanghai.

The root cause of transport problems in China's metropolises lies in the extreme imbalance between the fast growing demand on transportation and the supply of transportation resources, including roads, said Gao, a professor at the School of Traffic and Transportation at Beijing Jiaotong University.