Editor's notes:

With the rapid increasing of automobiles, Beijing's roads are like an enormous parking lot at rush hour. Traffic problems have become a serious headache for residents and the municipal government.? How to deal with Beijing's traffic congestions?

What are the reasons for the notorious traffic situation in Beijing?

With people's needs for transport facilities increasing substantially over the past few years, the road network in Beijing is far from rational. [More]

Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the government have taken?serious of measures?to reduce traffic congestion and achieved great improvements.
? Beijing adopts staggered working hours
? Beijing to allocate special fund for traffic relief
? Beijing ups parking fees to ease downtown traffic
? Car ban to continue in Beijing
? Restriction on car use extended in Beijing
? Beijing to introduce maglev trains to ease traffic jams
? Capital to stick with traffic restrictions to beat gridlock
? Beijing moves to curb car growth
? Traffic center to help Beijingers avoid jams
• A stab at traffic jams
• Beijing to set new vehicle restriction rules
? Beijing drivers to get refunds
? Beijing starts two-month-long control of vehicle use
• Plan promises great Beijing, great games

? Beijing's traffic nightmare
? 80% of urban Chinese say traffic jam haunts their cities
? Beijing home buyers weigh affordability, commute
? Beijing's car restrictions drive people mad
? Beijing car ban causes subway chaos
? Commuting by Subway Far from Convenient
? Traffic Jam Top Concern of Beijingers
? Life in fast lane drives road rage
? Beijing Ponders Solutions to Traffic Jams