Australian BRT expert wins city of Guangzhou honor  

澳籍BRT专家获广州“十佳青年”称号

广州今年首次有外籍青年入选“广州十佳青年”之列，这一记录由一位名叫卡尔费的澳大利亚人创造。“在这片自己热爱的土地上，以‘广州青年’的名义获得‘十佳’荣誉，对我来说意义非凡。”卡尔费从166名报名者中脱颖而出成功当选第十二届广州十佳青年。

Guangzhou (CNS) -- Australian Karl Fjellstrom, an expert in bus rapid transit systems (BRT), has become the first foreigner to be awarded the honor of being named one of Guangzhou's ten most outstanding young residents.

The leader of the BRT international expert team has been getting to know the city's urban transportation system and gathering public opinion on its services. It all started when he was dispatched to do a volunteer stint as part of a BRT cooperative program after concluding his term at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy in the U.S.

Fjellstrom created the first version of the Canton Map for Pedestrians and is offering the copyright to any press or publishing house interested in promoting it. The four-booklet series has a selection of 28 fine urban walkabouts described in both Chinese and English, all with precise satellite images. He is convinced that Guangzhou will attract more young foreign talents, he told CNS at the award ceremony on Monday evening.

He not only fell in love with Guangzhou while taking part in the program, he met his wife here in this city where he considers everything fascinating, from road networks to architecture to local community life. Fjellstrom admits he feels more at home in Guangzhou now than where his roots actually are - in Brisbane, northeastern Australia.