Saturday, September 17, 2011
Beijing Traffic...
...is horrible!! These pictures below I took while Andi and I were on the bus coming back from checking out some tourist sites. Here in Beijing everyone tells you to leave at least an hour before you want to get somewhere as you never know what the traffic will be. It is estimated that 4.8 million cars are in Beijing everyday. Within the last couple of years, Beijing has implemented two new laws to help with the traffic issue. One is that if your license plate number ends in a certain number during the week, you can't drive in the city. For instance, if your plate number ends in one or six, you can't drive in the city on Monday. They do this Monday through Friday but not on the weekends and it has also reduced pollution so they say. The second thing they did was implement a lottery system for people trying to get a license plate. If you number doesn't come up, no car for you! Apparently, the majority of plates go to first time drivers, 2% to commercial cars and trucks, and 10% to government vehicles(because the government rules all here!).
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Wow I thought I-695 was bad at rush hour. It's sounds like there
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It would be, and the animals mixed with dragons were really cool.
I've noticed one thing that's different and nice about Chinese history.
It's the history of one culture not many cultures like the USA. It's just different to me and amazing to see so many interesting things about one culture. Take care!
The traffic is just ridiculous! The palace is quite big and to see all of it you would need a good two days, maybe three. I agree also about the culture, it's just so old!! Really amazing! Just got back from a two week trip, lot's more photo's to come!!
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