A brief article on the increasing car population.
The number of registered cars has been growing by roughly one thousand a day—much faster than had been predicted by local government officials even 18 months ago. As with all of China's major cities, Beijing lacks the infrastructure to handle the onslaught. The central government’s response has been to build more roadways and to issue periodic pronouncements that it can cool the economy sufficiently to reduce demand for cars. Thus far these tactics have been less than successful at reducing choking traffic jams around its major metropolitan areas.
from Wired Autopia
The number of registered cars has been growing by roughly one thousand a day—much faster than had been predicted by local government officials even 18 months ago. As with all of China's major cities, Beijing lacks the infrastructure to handle the onslaught. The central government’s response has been to build more roadways and to issue periodic pronouncements that it can cool the economy sufficiently to reduce demand for cars. Thus far these tactics have been less than successful at reducing choking traffic jams around its major metropolitan areas.
from Wired Autopia