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Beijing Driving Restrictions change - now for 13 weeks 11 April - 10 July

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Source: http://210.75.211.252/publish/portal1/tab165/info11305.htm

From 11 April - 10 July 2009.

* Cars with number (license) plates ending with 1 or 6 will be banned on Tuesdays
* Cars with number (license) plates ending with 2 or 7 will be banned on Wednesdays
* Cars with number (license) plates ending with 3 or 8 will be banned on Thursdays
* Cars with number (license) plates ending with 4 or 9 will be banned on Fridays
* Cars with number (license) plates ending with 5 or 0 will be banned on Mondays

This is the full post:

Circular of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government
on Further Implementing Traffic Management Measures

We hereby announce that,
Under the strong leadership of the Party and State Council, as well as the vigorous support from all departments and units of the Central Government, military forces stationed in Beijing and the municipal residents, residents owning motor vehicles in particular, the provisional traffic management measures entering into force as of October 11, 2008 have been effectively implemented, achieving sound effects. The situation of the atmospheric environment quality in Beijing has been greatly improved in comparison with that of during the same periods of the previous years, the road traffic flow in the urban area decreases while vehicle speed has been improved. However, as the vehicle population sees sustained and rapid growth, the air quality and road traffic pressure in the urban area will further increase. In order to implement the energy conservation and emission reduction requirements of the State Council, consolidate the achievements made in implementing the traffic management measures in the previous stage, energetically give priority to the development of public transportation, and speed up the construction of People's Beijing, High-tech Beijing and Green Beijing, the municipal government decides to continue to implement the said measures. We hereby announce the relevant matters as follows:

I. As of April 11, 2009, 30% of the official business vehicles of the Party and governmental organizations at all levels in Beijing need to be kept in stock. Within the municipal administrative territory, the official business vehicles of the Central Government and the Party and governmental organizations of Beijing, and those of the social organizations, public institutions and state-owned enterprises under the central or the municipal government shall be restrained to be driven 1 day each week (from 0,00 to 24,00), according to the last number on the license plate, on all the municipal administrative roads. 
II. In accordance with the relevant regulations stipulated in Law of the People’s Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety and Rules of Beijing Municipality in Implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution, a provisional regulation on other motor vehicles in Beijing (including the motor vehicles registered in other provinces, regions and cities with admission to drive in Beijing municipality) than those aforementioned in Article I, will continue to become effective as of April 11, 2009 till April 10, 2010, which means on roads within (excluding) the 5th Ring Road, the said vehicles will be restrained to be driven 1 day each week during the peak period (excluding legal holidays and public holidays) from 7,00 to 20,00, according to the last number on the license plate.

III. According to the aforementioned articles I, II, the motor vehicles drivers shall be prohibited to drive, by five groups of tail plate numbers, at No Driving Day peak hours on a weekly basis (excluding legal holidays and public holidays) and the No Driving Day shall regularly rotate every 13 weeks as follows:

(i) from April 11 to July 10, 2009, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9, respectively (including temporary plate numbers; provided the plate number of any motor vehicle ends with an English alphabet, such an alphabet shall be treated as 0, similarly hereinafter);

(ii) from July 11 to October 9, 2009, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, respectively;

(iii) from October 10, 2009 to January 8, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 3 and 8, 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, respectively;

(iv) from January 9 to April 10, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, respectively;

IV. The following motor vehicles may not be restricted by the abovementioned measures:

(i) police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances and engineering wrecking vehicles;

(ii) public buses and trolley buses, inter-province coaches and large-sized passenger vehicles, taxis (excluding rented vehicles), minibuses, postal vehicles, the vehicles with the touring coach business licenses ratified and issued by the municipal transport administrative departments, the work unit shuttle buses and school buses ratified by the municipal traffic administrative departments of public security organs;

(iii) the on-duty administrative and law enforcement vehicles and obstacle-removing vehicles painted with uniform logos;

(iv) special operation vehicles for environmental sanitation, horticulture, road maintenance and funeral vehicles;

(v) the specified embassy vehicles and the vehicles admitted for temporary entry into China’s territory.

The municipal government shall continue to adhere to giving top priority to public transportation development, implement the solution of mitigating the urban traffic congestion by stages, unblock the dead end highways, improve the crossing facilities, optimize the level crossings, smoothen the road microcirculatory system so as to construct a safe, convenient and efficient comprehensive traffic system to facilitate the travels of the residents; promote differentiated accessory parking standards, and appropriately raise parking charges, rigorously standardize on-road parking; accelerate the establishment of the Intelligent Transportation System, make great efforts to promote the construction of modern traffic civilization, further improve the traffic order and upgrade the management and service level.

Beijing Municipal People’s Government
April 3, 2009

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