What methods do you think may be effective on the traffic gridlock of Beijing?

rachelzhaorui

Nowadays, morning peak and evening peak have become a nightmare of many white-collars in Beijing. Recently, the government has brought a method into effect, called license-plate lottery. Do you think this will help to resolve the traffic gridlock? What advantages and disadvantages do you think this method may have? Or you may put forward your own method.

rich

as i see it, it will never solve this traffic problem in beijing. it is a temporary solution. however, it can slow down or avoid further worsening the situation. with such a big population, there's no effective meathod at all for the time being, unless some kind of hi-tech is invented or presents itself like somethng that can make it possible to park all the vehicles underground in multilayers, not the normal parking lots. though the prospect doesn't look good, we humans can come up with some ideas to live with it.

highfive

for starters, the basic structure of beijing's road network is problematic!  i heard, when the capital was first shifted to beijing, liang sicheng and some other architects proposed the government should preserve the "old" blocks of beijing while construct zones of different functions outside as the "new" beijing city.  however, the authority refused and made a complete mess of the transportation infrastructure.  
then again, such a large population with constant ongoing influx of people from all directions is also the problem.
some suggest that the subway network in beijing is too weak and inconvenient.  they say we should learn from tokyo and paris to build a massive and interconnected railway network to relieve the pressure of the roads above.
as for me, I'm planning to leave the city no later than the end of this year.  one more person will be gone, and I wont have to suffer from the horrible traffic anymore.  so problem solved for me,

rachelzhaorui

rich: as i see it, it will never solve this traffic problem in beijing. it is a temporary solution. however, it can slow down or avoid further worsening the

Yes, I hope we can at last find out an idea.

rachelzhaorui

highfive: for starters, the basic structure of beijing's road network is problematic!  i heard, when the capital was moved to beijing, liang sicheng and some ot

Haha, good, you won't suffer any more. And I still have to bear it...

jakia_zou

In my opinion,shoulf control the quantity of the government's cars,Most traffic Jams come from the government's cars.They have nothing to do,Just go folr travelling,from one side to another,attend some meetings,Every leader has one car.HUM...

rachelzhaorui

jakia_zou: In my opinion,shoulf control the quantity of the government's cars,Most traffic Jams come from the government's cars.They have nothing to do,Just go f

I agree. There are so many government's cars being used for private purposes.

feiyuyitiao

i my opition , the best way for this is to cut function of beijing , take beijing as a culture center not a economy center and take advantage of spare resource to developer surrunding city. it's best for the all of us expect the govener.

rachelzhaorui

feiyuyitiao: i my opition , the best way for this is to cut function of beijing , take beijing as a culture center not a economy center and take advantage of spare

Yes, Beijing has too many functions.