China To Hold A No Car Day In 180 Cities This Saturday Ahead Of Olympics

China is holding a “no-car day” in 108 cities this Saturday as it tries to clean up its notoriously smoggy skies which is a task made more urgent by the approach of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beijing will ban cars on some downtown streets while encouraging all drivers to leave their cars at home voluntarily.

The Beijing Municipal Maritime Administration said 108 cities across the country would take part in the no-car day with varying levels of enforcement, encouraging people to get back on their bicycles for which Chinese cities used to be famous.

Beijing official surnamed Zhang said that “We are only advocating that small cars keep off the roads in certain districts.”

Beijing is closing down the worst-polluting factories and switching thousands of homes from coal to gas use but air quality remains the biggest concern for Olympic organizers.

Do you think that people will leave their cars at home this day?

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