TheCityFix.com: Back to Bicycling Basics in Beijing

Written by Angel Hsu. Originally posted on TheCityFix.com:
According to The Guardian, 20 years ago, four out of five Beijing residents pedaled around China’s capital in some of the world’s best bike lanes.  However, this number has decreased as private car ownership has gone up. From 1995 to 2005, China’s bike fleet declined by 35 percent while private [...]

TheCityFix.com: E-Bike Boom in China

Originally posted on TheCityFix.com.

From TIME.com:
On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming
June 14, 2009
By Austin Ramzy
In China, electric bicycles are leaving cars in the dust. Last year, Chinese bought 21 million e-bikes, compared with 9.4 million autos. While China now has about 25 million cars on the road, it has four times as many [...]

TheCityFix.com: Will China Dominate the Electric Car Market?

Originally published on TheCityFix.com:

Chinese car designer Tang Hua unveiled this peculiar electric concept car, named “Detroit Fish,” at the North American International Auto Show in 2008. Photo by GmanViz.
Step aside, Japan. Don’t even try, Detroit. China has plans to corner the electric car market.
From the New York Times:
Chinese leaders have adopted a plan aimed at [...]

TheCityFix: China’s Car Industry Surpasses U.S.

Traffic in Shanghai. Photo by SmokingPermitted.
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com:
For the first time ever, there have been more cars sold in China than the United States. (This news comes at the same time as Detroit’s General Motors announced it would cut another 10,000 workers.)
From the Associated Press:
SHANGHAI (AP) — China’s monthly vehicle sales surpassed those in [...]

TheCityFix: Beijing Offers Subsidy to Discourage Dirty Cars

Photo by Lim CK.
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com:
Beijing is prepared to pay up to 1 billion yuan (about $146 million) in subsidies to get citizens to ditch their dirty cars and purchase cleaner ones. (Read Laura Root’s recent post on TheCityFix.com about the pros and cons of these types of “cash for clunkers” programs.)
The goal is [...]