In China, no clear victor in bike vs. car match
- added July 6, 2008
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- sustainablejohn
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In China, you can already see some Hummers on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai. But many streets are still cluttered with electric scooters and the good-old people-pedaled two-wheelers.
The Yahoo article accounts for the struggle currently taking place in China's cities as the streets aren't getting any wider but are always getting more and more crowded.
In my view of Beijing, it seems many traffic jams are 1/4 buses, 1/4 cars/taxis, 1/4 bikes/scooters, 1/4 pedestrians getting in the way of everything, ha! In my personal experience, I take the bus, subway, taxi, or walk in pretty even proportions. I've given up the bike though, it's quite perilous and no one wears helmets!
The Yahoo article accounts for the struggle currently taking place in China's cities as the streets aren't getting any wider but are always getting more and more crowded.
In my view of Beijing, it seems many traffic jams are 1/4 buses, 1/4 cars/taxis, 1/4 bikes/scooters, 1/4 pedestrians getting in the way of everything, ha! In my personal experience, I take the bus, subway, taxi, or walk in pretty even proportions. I've given up the bike though, it's quite perilous and no one wears helmets!
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- sustainablejohn
- 1 month ago
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we won!
see the first Traffic Kills video-
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- TrafficKills
- 1 month ago
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good article!
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there is also a goo AP one. -
There's no question who the victor is...
Ride on!
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