Beijing has 22 million people and more than seven million cars. By Nairobi logic, the city should be a dead parking lot by 6am. Vehicles run on Zhongguancun Street during morning peak hours in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China…
How Beijing's one-day car ban keeps traffic moving and what Nairobi can learn
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Beijing has 22 million people and more than seven million cars. By Nairobi logic, the city should be a dead parking lot by 6am. Vehicles run on Zhongguancun Street during morning peak hours in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China…
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- 3, 2023.
It was Friday, September 18, at 8.30am.
- It was my most anticipated day in China.
We were leaving the hotel for the Great Wall, half-asleep and half-excited.
- Our guide, Zhao Jingwei, was already on his phone checking traffic.
“Beijing traffic is managed by odd-even ban policy,” Zhao said.
Back home, Nairobi is choking.
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