Beijing Adds 1,466 New Cars Daily

Posted by: Nate Berg

19 February 2009 - 8:00am

For the first month and a half of 2009, the amount of new cars added daily in Beijing has climbed from 1,350 in 2008 to more than 1,450, bringing more than 65,000 cars into the city so far this year.

"The already gridlocked and heavily polluted Chinese capital registered 65,970 new motor vehicles in the first 45 days of the year, a daily increase of 1,466, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the municipal traffic authority."

"That compares with about 1,350 new cars added daily in 2008, according to city figures."

"This year's new cars brought the total in the city to 3.56 million as of February 14, the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau said, according to Xinhua."

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Source: Agence France Presse via Grist, February 18, 2009