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Chinese city proposes vehicle restrictions to reduce smog
2013-06-21 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: One of China's most polluted cities has proposed to limit vehicle ownership through a lottery, becoming the latest locality to do so in the world's largest auto market as air quality and traffic congestion worsen. Shijiazhuang, the capital of steel-producing Hebei province surrounding Beijing, will restrict the number of new vehicles to 100,000 this year and limit households to owning two cars, according to a Shijiazhuang Daily report posted on the local government's website yesterday. That quota...
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