Originally Posted by
junipermike
My understanding is that driving is still somewhat restricted in Beijing based on whether you have an odd or even license plate.
A supplier I have in BJ told me, however, that he has two cars, one even, one odd, to get around the restriction. So much for trying to control pollution and traffic congestion.
It's days of the week...so on any one (work) day, only about 20% of cars are off the road. A true even/odd system would take 50% of cars off the road, but it would be utterly brutal -- which may be what is actually needed!
tb