* China - Dramatic Anti-Air Pollution Plan
Restrictions On Private Cars Are Tested, In Preparation For OlympicsBeijing,China -Xinhua News Agency/AP/KDBC El Paso -17 Aug 2007: -- City officials yanked hundreds of thousands of private cars off Beijing's streets Friday to test whether a partial ban could clear health-threatening smog and ease gridlock during next year's Olympic Games... An estimated 400,000 private cars were affected by the ban on the first day of the four-day trial... The city is using an odd-even license plate number system, so only vehicles with license plates ending in odd numbers were allowed on the roads Friday... Violators were to be fined $13 and ordered to return home, a Beijing Traffic Police spokesman, who would only give his surname, Yan, said Thursday...
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