This would NEVER fly in America… What has happened is the Beijing City Government Leaders decided to do an ‘experiment’ to see the effects of and to test the logistics of a driving ban for over a million vehicles per day. This is part of Beijing’s preparations for the 2008 Olympics.
A police officer stops a car with an even-numbered license plate on a main thoroughfare in Beijing during the first of a four-day air quality experiment for the Olympics, August 17, 2007.
Beijing’s overall air quality improved during the four-day test period ahead of next August’s Olympic Games in which more than a million cars each day were barred from the roads, according to the Beijing Environment Protection Monitoring Center.
This definitely falls into the category of ‘only in China’!
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This was done in Paris, Rome and Athens before… Since you’re in Italy now, you’ll probably understand. Not everything that seems to be possible “only in China” is so. Sorry for being such a smart-alec - your blog & pictures are great!
Were the traffic bans in Paris, Rome, and Athens related to when the Olympics were in those cities?
The thing that gets me, there was no ‘public’ protest from people who were not allowed to drive their cars in Beijing. I guess the olympic spirit is strong and people don’t mind giving up the right to drive for the olympic cause!