Shanghai Daily

As the city moves forward with plans to expand its overcrowded underground metro system, Shanghai transit officials are also planning to build a 300km network of bus only lanes to speed travel across the city.

The city's government is requiring that high-ranking officials use transit at least one day a month.

With three sections, five doors, and a 300-person capacity, the "world's largest bus" has been unveiled in Shanghai. The new buses will be used for a planned bus rapid transit line in the city.

A new school master plan for the Western International School of Shanghai looks to create an entire urban environment geared toward children.

French architect Jean Pierre Heim has proposed creating a semi-outdoor multimedia entertainment center in Shanghai -- a cinema, shopping center and restaurant all-in-one.

Plans for 300 kilometers of the public transit lanes would be complete by 2010, easing congestion in the daily seven million passenger load.