The Beijing Municipal Traffic Commission recently announced that the China’s capital city government authorities will try their "best to solve traffic jams, repair roads, improve the slow road system and promote the public bike system.”
According to a China Daily report, a total of "one hundred projects will be completed to deal with the vehicle dispersion." Furthermore, "several congested areas will [also] be given particular attention," as noted by the commission.
Wang Dong, the commission's road project center deputy director, said that "thirty of the 100 projects are included in the municipal government's practical tasks."
The heightened effort of the government to solve Beijing's transport problems include the decrease of the central isolation belts' width as well as the expansion of the space on both sides of the road.
Since 2003, Beijing has had a total of 1,667 completed infrastructure projects that are regarded as significant contributions in easing traffic congestion. These cover road entrances adjustment, crossings renovations, bus bays and platforms construction, and bus lanes designation.
Beijing's government authorities have also continued the efforts to adjust the slow road system. For this year, 100 kilometers of these slow roads have already been transformed. The renovations included color identification of bicycle lanes and road junctions.
On the Third Ring Road, the government has put up 11 bicycle lanes under the overpass intersections.
In whole, about 10,000 new public bikes have been added in Beijing as part of the local officials' aim to promote the public bike service system. The country's capital has a total of 50,000 units to date.