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 and achieved sound effects. Traffic congestion has been mitigated and the air quality in Beijing has been constantly 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. The Municipal Government therefore decides to implement traffic management measures to restrict regional traffic in rush hour on working days as of April 11, 2010 in an effort to implement the energy conservation and emission reduction requirements of the State Council, win time and space for the development of public transport, ensure smooth road traffic, and speed up the construction of People's Beijing, High-tech Beijing and Green Beijing. We hereby announce the relevant matters as follows:
I. Within the municipal administrative territory, the official business vehicles of the Central Government agencies, the CPC 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 one day each week (from 0:00 to 24:00) on all roads within the administrative region, according to the tail plate number.
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, except those mentioned above, other motor vehicles (including the ones registered in other provinces, regions and cities with the admission to be on road in Beijing) shall continue to conform to the traffic control measures on the restriction of regional traffic in rush hour on working days according to the tail plate number. The time of restriction is from 7:00 to 20:00, and the scope of restriction is within the 5th ring road (excluding the 5th ring road).
III. According to the aforementioned articles I, II, the motor vehicles drivers shall be prohibited to drive, by five groups of tail plate numbers during peak hours of workdays, and the No Driving Day shall regularly rotate every 13 weeks as follows:
(i) from April 11 to July 10, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 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, 2010, 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;
(iii) from October 10, 2010 to January 8, 2010, 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;
(iv) from January 9 to April 10, 2011, 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;
From April 10, 2011 to April 10, 2012, the rotating measures of tail plate numbers of motor vehicles shall be further released in advance.
IV. The following motor vehicles are not restricted to the above-mentioned 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 will further implement the strategy of giving top priority to public transportation development, and relieve the traffic congestion through taking such comprehensive measures as accelerating the track traffic transportation, optimizing ground public transportation environment, adjusting the prices for parking in the key regions, rectifying parking order, carrying out regional experimental units for school vehicles, enhancing the management of occupying and excavation of roads, promoting the construction of park-and-ride system, further optimizing operating mode of taxies, expanding the serviceable range of the Electronic Toll Collection(ETC), optimizing the transportation system for bicycles and pedestrians, etc.
Beijing Municipal People¡¯s Government
April 1, 2010 |