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Video Shared By Chinese Official Shows How Reversible Lanes Help Decongest Traffic In Beijing
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Wednesday shared a fascinating video which showed the working of reversible lanes that help improve traffic flow in China.
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China's Elevated Bus Went Viral Last Year. It May Have Been A Scam
Chines authorities have launched an investigation into the fundraising practises of a firm behind a much-hyped futuristic bus that was supposed to glide over traffic jams but never got off the ground.Footage of the elevated bus driving around a short track went viral last year
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As Smog Lifts, China's Ports Grapple With Huge Traffic Jam Of Ships
A huge traffic jam of hundreds of ships carrying coal and iron ore into China has built up outside key ports like Tianjin and Caofeidian, just as winter demand hits its peak ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday later this month.
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Experts Question Safety Features Of China's 'Straddling Bus'
China's "straddling bus", trumpeted as an innovative idea to deal with traffic jams, is facing increasing scrutiny with many questioning the vehicle's safety features and whether it would ever come into service, a media report said today.
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Bride and Groom Hold Up Traffic to Board Helicopter on Busy Road
Think the rich kids on Instagram and Snapchat are annoying? Meet the Chinese couple that brought traffic to a standstill when they boarded a helicopter that landed on a street in China.
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China's Elevated Bus May Just Be the Niftiest Solution to Traffic Jams
We haven't gotten around to putting flying cars out into the real world yet but China's Transit Elevated Bus model is hoping to provide a neat solution to traffic jams. The elevated bus aims to "increase the utilization of road space" in the world's most populated country.
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2,000 vehicles caught in China traffic jam
Nearly 2,000 vehicles were stuck in a massive traffic jam on a highway in China's Gansu province due to an ongoing road project and inclement weather, authorities said.The huge traffic snarl was on a main highway in northwest China's Gansu province, the China Daily reported on Friday.A team of 100 police officers has been sent to the congested Xing...
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Too many drivers spoil Beijing's big traffic plan
Here is the plan unwrapped last week by Beijing's city fathers to tackle the city's suffocating traffic: 280,000 new parking spaces; 1,000 share-a-bike stations; 348 miles of new subway track; 125 miles of new downtown streets; 23 miles of tunnels; 9 new transportation hubs; 3 congestion zones; and 1 cure-all, "the use of modern technology." Never ...
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LA, Beijing to exchange ideas on solving traffic
Two cities notorious for their choked roads are teaming up to share ideas on how to better manage traffic.A Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority executive says he is working on an agreement with his counterpart in Beijing that will lead to an exchange of technical expertise and joint research projects.While the notion of the car...
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Record 140 traffic jams hit Beijing in single evening
A record 140 traffic jams were observed in the Chinese Capital on Friday evening, state media reported, as the number of vehicles on Beijing's streets exceeded 4.5 million.Friday night's record snarls in a city already notorious for bottlenecks were worsened by rain and the approach of two national holidays, state-run CCTV reported.Chinese regularl...
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Latest Chinese traffic jam has 10,000 coal trucks stuck
Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles jammed for miles on a northern China road in the latest of monster jams that have plagued the country.State television broadcaster CCTV reported that about 10,000 trucks were stuck in the jam. The exact length of the gridlock was not clear but one of the worst stretches was a 75-mile (120-kilometre) span ...
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China's monster traffic jam rears its head again
China's monster traffic jam has reared its head again, with trucks and cars backed up for up to 18 miles (30 kilometers) on Saturday on a highway north of Beijing, although that is a third the size of what it was.The traffic jam came four days after the break-up of an even bigger one -- stretching to 60 miles (100 kilometers) at one point.State med...
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China's growth leads to problems down the road
Chinese authorities proclaimed an end this week to an epic traffic jam that had brought some drivers here to a dead halt for up to five seemingly endless days. Which is heartening news, save two problems. One is that the traffic jam has not ended. "That's impossible," an officer at the Zhangjiakou Highway Traffic Police Detachment said Friday. "All...
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China: Jam stretching 100 km enters 10th day
A massive traffic jam in north China that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said.Bumper-to-bumper gridlock spanning for 60 miles (100 kilometers) with cars moving little more than a half-mile (one kilometer) a da...
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Video Shared By Chinese Official Shows How Reversible Lanes Help Decongest Traffic In Beijing
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Wednesday shared a fascinating video which showed the working of reversible lanes that help improve traffic flow in China.
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China's Elevated Bus Went Viral Last Year. It May Have Been A Scam
Chines authorities have launched an investigation into the fundraising practises of a firm behind a much-hyped futuristic bus that was supposed to glide over traffic jams but never got off the ground.Footage of the elevated bus driving around a short track went viral last year
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As Smog Lifts, China's Ports Grapple With Huge Traffic Jam Of Ships
A huge traffic jam of hundreds of ships carrying coal and iron ore into China has built up outside key ports like Tianjin and Caofeidian, just as winter demand hits its peak ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday later this month.
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Experts Question Safety Features Of China's 'Straddling Bus'
China's "straddling bus", trumpeted as an innovative idea to deal with traffic jams, is facing increasing scrutiny with many questioning the vehicle's safety features and whether it would ever come into service, a media report said today.
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Bride and Groom Hold Up Traffic to Board Helicopter on Busy Road
Think the rich kids on Instagram and Snapchat are annoying? Meet the Chinese couple that brought traffic to a standstill when they boarded a helicopter that landed on a street in China.
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China's Elevated Bus May Just Be the Niftiest Solution to Traffic Jams
We haven't gotten around to putting flying cars out into the real world yet but China's Transit Elevated Bus model is hoping to provide a neat solution to traffic jams. The elevated bus aims to "increase the utilization of road space" in the world's most populated country.
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2,000 vehicles caught in China traffic jam
Nearly 2,000 vehicles were stuck in a massive traffic jam on a highway in China's Gansu province due to an ongoing road project and inclement weather, authorities said.The huge traffic snarl was on a main highway in northwest China's Gansu province, the China Daily reported on Friday.A team of 100 police officers has been sent to the congested Xing...
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Too many drivers spoil Beijing's big traffic plan
Here is the plan unwrapped last week by Beijing's city fathers to tackle the city's suffocating traffic: 280,000 new parking spaces; 1,000 share-a-bike stations; 348 miles of new subway track; 125 miles of new downtown streets; 23 miles of tunnels; 9 new transportation hubs; 3 congestion zones; and 1 cure-all, "the use of modern technology." Never ...
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LA, Beijing to exchange ideas on solving traffic
Two cities notorious for their choked roads are teaming up to share ideas on how to better manage traffic.A Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority executive says he is working on an agreement with his counterpart in Beijing that will lead to an exchange of technical expertise and joint research projects.While the notion of the car...
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Record 140 traffic jams hit Beijing in single evening
A record 140 traffic jams were observed in the Chinese Capital on Friday evening, state media reported, as the number of vehicles on Beijing's streets exceeded 4.5 million.Friday night's record snarls in a city already notorious for bottlenecks were worsened by rain and the approach of two national holidays, state-run CCTV reported.Chinese regularl...
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Latest Chinese traffic jam has 10,000 coal trucks stuck
Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles jammed for miles on a northern China road in the latest of monster jams that have plagued the country.State television broadcaster CCTV reported that about 10,000 trucks were stuck in the jam. The exact length of the gridlock was not clear but one of the worst stretches was a 75-mile (120-kilometre) span ...
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China's monster traffic jam rears its head again
China's monster traffic jam has reared its head again, with trucks and cars backed up for up to 18 miles (30 kilometers) on Saturday on a highway north of Beijing, although that is a third the size of what it was.The traffic jam came four days after the break-up of an even bigger one -- stretching to 60 miles (100 kilometers) at one point.State med...
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China's growth leads to problems down the road
Chinese authorities proclaimed an end this week to an epic traffic jam that had brought some drivers here to a dead halt for up to five seemingly endless days. Which is heartening news, save two problems. One is that the traffic jam has not ended. "That's impossible," an officer at the Zhangjiakou Highway Traffic Police Detachment said Friday. "All...
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China: Jam stretching 100 km enters 10th day
A massive traffic jam in north China that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said.Bumper-to-bumper gridlock spanning for 60 miles (100 kilometers) with cars moving little more than a half-mile (one kilometer) a da...
