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2006</span></font><font size=1 color="#7e7e7e" face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>BEIJING (AP) _ Chinese
cities that destroyed bike lanes to widen roads for cars or new buildings are
being ordered to put the pathways back, the government said Thursday amid
efforts to battle the choking smog and traffic brought on by booming car use.
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<p><i><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-style:italic'>A lone Chinese cyclist faces a traffic dominated by
automobiles in </span></font></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Beijing</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, </span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>China</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, </span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Thursday, June 15, 2006</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>. Chinese cities that destroyed bike lanes to widen
roads for cars or new buildings are being ordered to put the pathways back,
the government said Thursday amid efforts to battle the choking smog and
traffic brought on by booming car use. Qiu Baoxing, a vice minister with the
Ministry of Construction said it was important that China retain its title
"kingdom of bicycles," according to a report by the official Xinhua
News Agency. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)</span></i> </p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Qiu Baoxing,
a vice minister with the Ministry of Construction said it was important that </span></font>China
retain its title ``kingdom of bicycles,'' according to a report by the
official Xinhua News Agency. </p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Qiu told
an urban planning conference in </span></font>Beijing on Wednesday that the
ministry was firmly opposed to the elimination of bicycle lanes and has
ordered cities to restore them, Xinhua said. </p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>The
report estimated that </span></font>China had 500 million bicycles in the
late 1980s and said that the number had fallen dramatically as car ownership
had expanded, but gave no specific figure. </p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>The
report cited Qiu as saying that the number of motor vehicles on </span></font>China's
roads in 2004 was 20 times that of 1978, with that number expected to
increase as much as five fold by 2020. In 2004 there were 27 million motor
vehicles in China and that number could reach 130 million in 15 years, he
said. </p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Qiu's
numbers appeared to include all motorized vehicles, including trucks, tractors
and motorcycles, in addition to cars. The World Bank said in a report
Wednesday that </span></font>China had 16 million registered cars in 2004. </p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>China</span></font>'s
rapid expansion of car use has brought the country severe pollution, snarled
traffic and frequent deadly road accidents. The leadership says that cleaning
up the environment and saving energy is among the top priorities for the next
five years. </p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>On
Tuesday, the government ordered civil servants to leave their cars at home
and ride bikes or take public transport in a bid to reduce the choking smog
that covers many Chinese cities and conserve energy. </span></font></p>
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