While the discussion during the transport panel session Friday at the Sustainability Summit was geared towards US policy, as is the content of this class, Joe aptly brought the situation in China to the forefront of conversation by arguing how the Chinese must avoid making the same policy decisions that created and reinforced auto-dependency in the US. Such significance of path dependence features in the conclusion of this report by the Carnegie Endowment, which provides graphic illustration of why China is now at a crossroads with respect to transport planning. Keep in mind that dependence on the auto for fulfilling basic necessities in most US communities is one major reason why substantive efforts to reduce auto-dependence tend to encounter political headwinds.
Accessed via Sustainable Cities Collective, China's Rapid Motorization Calls for Efficient Public Transit, posted 21 April 2011 by EMBARQ
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
300,000 people bid for 20,000 license plates in Beijing
"300,000 people in Beijing apply for second round of number drawing, with a 5.7% chance of getting a license plate. The second round of application for passenger car quota in Beijing ended yesterday. There are 306,865 individual applications and 13,386 corporate applications from 7,108 enterprises. The chance of getting quota for license plate in the second round of number drawing is 5.7%.
Beijing municipal government issued a new policy to relieve traffic jam at the end of 2010. The quota for newly added motor vehicles in Beijing in 2011 is restricted to 240,000. People who want to buy new cars have to file applications before getting license plates through number drawing.
In the first round of public number drawing, 17,600 individual applications, or 8.37% of the total, are picked. The remaining unselected applications are automatically transferred to the second round, in addition to the newly added 137,045 individual applications. The second round of number drawing will be carried out on February 26."
The original article with commentary may be found here
For more on cars and China go to http://www.chinacartimes.com
Joe Coughlin
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