Green Options » paralympics http://greenoptions.com/tag/paralympics Posts tagged 'paralympics' Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Beijing Traffic Laws Take 800,000 Cars Off the Road in China http://gas2.org/2008/10/13/new-beijing-traffic-laws-take-800000-cars-off-the-road-in-china/ http://gas2.org/2008/10/13/new-beijing-traffic-laws-take-800000-cars-off-the-road-in-china/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:52:15 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2008/10/13/new-beijing-traffic-laws-take-800000-cars-off-the-road-in-china/

Around 800,000 fewer cars were on the road in Beijing, China this Monday, following the introduction of radical new traffic laws aimed at reducing pollution in the city.

The new laws came into force today, and stipulate that 70% of government vehicles, as well as all private and corporate cars, take turns off the roads on one out of five weekdays.

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