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Shanghai Follows Beijing in Putting Brakes on Traffic

Xiao Niu — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:16:53 +0000

Shanghai will implement a watered-down version of Beijing’s car ban policy in order to relieve road congestion and to reduce air pollution. From Reuters:

Starting next month, vehicles belonging to the government or state-owned enterprises will be banned from the roads on one out of five weekdays in a system based on license plate numbers.
Different from Beijing’s curbs, Shanghai‘s will not apply to private cars even though “Shanghai’s private vehicles are encouraged to follow the restrictions,” Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying.

Beijing has imposed another 6-month car ban starting on October 11th (see CDT article) after its first implementation during the China’s Olympics 2008. However, the post-Olympics environmental report conducted by Greenpeace points out that Beijing should also tackle the rapidly growing car ownership rate.

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Beijing Imposes Car Ban to Ease Pollution

Gao Fei — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:02:36 +0000

The car ban imposed for the Olympics has expired, but according to China Daily, Beijing will impose a new 6-month ban to try to ease air pollution beginning on October 11.

Cars whose number plates end with 1 or 6 will be taken off roads on Monday, while those ending with 2 or 7 will be banned on Tuesday, 3 or 8 on Wednesday, 4 or 9 on Thursday and 5 or 0 on Friday. The ban does not apply on weekends.
[...]In compensation, the restricted vehicles will be exempt from one month of vehicle tax and road maintenance fee a year. Drivers who are caught to have breached the new rule will not enjoy the exemption, according to Wang [Zhaorong, an official with the Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications].
While most people applaud the ban on government and corporate vehicles, the ban on private cars, however, has sparked an outcry from car owners, many of whom complain it is “unfair”.

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Beijing Announces Car Ban for Olympics

Paulina Hartono — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:24:50 +0000

In their efforts to improve air quality levels, Beijing officials have announced plans to enforce car restrictions during the Olympics. From AFP:

Beijing authorities will definitely go ahead with a ban on some cars during the Olympics to help ease pollution during the Games, a city official was quoted in the state press saying Friday.
“Automobiles, excluding taxis, buses and emergency vehicles, are to stay off roads every other day in accordance with the even and odd numbers on the licence plates,” Xinhua news agency quoted vice-mayor Ji Lin as saying.
“The ban is aimed to ensure air quality during the sport events in Beijing.”

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