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1. News - China

   Q&A: Chinese American entrepreneurs offer carpooling solution to Beijing's traffic jams

   Posted Dec 24th 2012, 08:59am by LAURA ZHOU

   ... and was enjoying my summer on the beach in Greece in 2010 when I suddenly saw the news about a traffic jam all the way from Inner Mongolia to Beijing. It was crazy, I thought. There must have a solution ... and then some white military plates. No more traffic worries! Don't forget... your father is Li Gang! newgalileo Dec 24th 2012 10:50am Legally speaking this is still a grey area in Beijing. Sometimes the police will regard it as illegal taxis. There have been some notorious cases, even of entrapment by police. Of course the idea is great. And pollution by traffic is rather estimated ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1111973/qa-chinese-american-entrepreneurs-offer-carpooling-solution-beijings
2. Harbour safe, Dutch team says in defending bridge

   Posted Jan 04th 2011, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... the arts hub opens. But with the bridge, traffic congestion at most junctions will improve. However, Canton Road still faces congestion and the team advises that it be widened. Gianotten, ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/734749/harbour-safe-dutch-team-says-defending-bridge
3. Comment - Letters

   Move to cut tunnel traffic congestion

   Posted Mar 11th 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... is not blocking the exit due to congestion you have at least a big part of the day with a more rapid flow. For traffic coming from Hong Kong side, we should start merging traffic coming from Central ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1187890/move-cut-tunnel-traffic-congestion
4. Growth in new private cars is accelerating

   Posted Aug 09th 2010, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... Road Transport Traffic Congestion Anita Lam Owning a car has not lost its appeal to those who can afford to buy one. The growth in the number of private cars has continued unabated for the past two decades - and it has accelerated in the past three years. The latest traffic census shows more than 10,000 licensed vehicles have been added to the city's roads every year since ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/721709/growth-new-private-cars-accelerating
5. Getting to work is 52 minutes' toil in Beijing traffic

   Posted Jun 08th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... lines and hundreds of bus lines, but the growth in population and private cars is overwhelming. The average traffic jam in Beijing has reportedly increased from 31/2 hours every day in 2008 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/716527/getting-work-52-minutes-toil-beijing-traffic
6. Controversial Repulse Bay hotel plan dropped

   Posted Mar 18th 2009, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... of the Southern District Council. Opponents feared that the beach could be privatised by the hotel development and that traffic congestion would get worse. The Planning Department says the government ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/673693/controversial-repulse-bay-hotel-plan-dropped
7. Comment - Letters

   Get more cars out of busy city roads

   Posted Jan 09th 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... correctly, could ease traffic problems in heavily congested areas like Central, Wan Chai and Mong Kok. In the past, district councils of the affected areas have opposed the toll, saying it would ... new --> captam Jan 9th 2013 10:59am Once again, the SCMP photograph (above) of congested traffic conditions, illustrates what several enlightened people have been writing these columns for years. It is TOO MANY CARS (not buses or even goods vehicles) which is the main contributor to congestion and hence in turn, road-side pollution. Donald Bowtie and Hooray Henry for too long ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1123294/get-more-cars-out-busy-city-roads
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion - CHINA BRIEFING

   Time to end the massive chaos of the 'golden week' holidays

   Posted Oct 08th 2012, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion News China Golden Week Overcrowding Traffic Congestion Wang Xiangwei ... in Europe close because employees, who happen to be parents, need to go on holidays when schools are closed. So one will find traffic jams on highways, airports filled ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1056135/time-end-massive-chaos-golden-week-holidays
9. Comment - Insight & Opinion - MY TAKE

   Bicycles part of the transport solution

   Posted May 06th 2013, 12:00am by Alex Lo

   ... of roads. If this continues, congestion will only become even more severe as well as more frequent. According to the department, car ownership per 1,000 people rose by 25 per cent to 63.4 between ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1230900/bicycles-part-transport-solution
10. All those new cars and no place to park

    Posted Jun 28th 2010, 12:00am by Kandy Wong

    ... to traffic jams, but a recent media report stated that traffic gridlocked in the capital has risen from 3.5 hours per day two years ago to five hours per day this year. Added to the traffic problem ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/718353/all-those-new-cars-and-no-place-park

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