What the Traffic Jam Means for China

24 August 2010 - 1:00pm

Popular Science's Clay Dillow reflects on what the massive traffic jam in Beijing means for China's planning and infrastructure.

Apparently the continuing traffic jam was caused by frequent cargo traffic, and the construction teams repairing the damage from that cargo traffic.

Dillow writes, "The point being, China can keep adding highway lanes but the Chinese are already purchasing the cars with which to fill them.

These are the kinds of problems that can lead to innovative solutions, making China a promising test bed not just for automotive technologies but groundbreaking new transit platforms and fresh thinking in city planning."

Source: Popular Science, August 23, 2010
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