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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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 Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:38 am
China to hold first-ever 'no car day' on Saturday
Sep 17 01:45 AM US/Eastern
China will initiate its first-ever nationwide "no car day" this weekend in an effort to promote environmental health and alleviate increasingly gridlocked urban roads, state press said Monday.
Residents in 108 cities will be urged to take public transport, ride bikes or walk on the nation's first "no car day" on Saturday, the China Daily reported.
"The move is an attempt to raise residents' awareness on energy saving and environmental protection because the country's cities are plagued by traffic congestion and pollution," the paper said.
It did not say why the Ministry of Construction, the sponsor of the activity, chose a Saturday to hold the event.
Government officials and state-run enterprise employees in some cities would be encouraged not to drive, while other urban centres would ban government-owned cars from taking to the roads altogether, it added.
A week-long campaign to publicise the government's goal of getting 50 percent of the nation's urban residents to use public transport instead of private cars would also be initiated, it said.
China's auto industry has been a key component of the nation's booming economy with vehicle production rising by 32.7 percent in July compared to the same period last year.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:41 am
Regardless of whether global warming is manmade or not, I think here in America we should host this for just one day at least. I mean people in America are REALLY unhealthy, we rely on our cars too much, I know I for one am guilty of this. Even if we just walked or rode a bike for one day we would all be a little better off
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:47 pm
It would be nice if fewer people drove, but a "No Cars Day" is going to do absolutely nothing to further that cause.
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:11 am
Well seeing as china can/is going to produce the biggest public transportation the world has ever seen by 2020... I would say... that this is great.
US needs to follow the example of the collective and relocate people out of the way of building such projects such as the Chinese can (hence how they are able to build 560 miles of track all in Shanghi)
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:58 am
By the same token, several of china's main water sources have become so polluted that they will be unfit for consumption for decades to come.
Instituting a "No Car Day" is all well and good, but they need more progressive reforms on their industrial pollution and hazardous waste legislations. Without these in place there's not going to be any real notable positive impact on the environment.
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