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Beijing Re-institutes Traffic Restrictions to Combat Pollution and Congestion

Posted on October 12, 2008

Xinhua. Beijing has re-instituted traffic restrictions to helped maintain the reductions in emissions and traffic congestion achieved for the Olympics but which were being lost after the earlier restrictions expired following the Games. Under the new traffic restriction, 70 percent of government vehicles, as well as all corporate and private cars, will take turns off the roads one out of the five weekdays as of 11 Oct., according to the Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications.Cars whose number plates end with 1 or 6 will be taken off roads on Monday, while those ending with 2 or 7 will b...

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