[sustran] Shanghai gets back in the saddle

[Todd Edelman]

Shanghai gets back in the saddle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/8879176.stm

In the rapid race for economic development over the past 20 years, many 
in Shanghai abandoned their bike for the ultimate status symbol - the car.

But now the Chinese government is reinstating bicycle paths on major 
roads to ease congestion and reduce pollution.

Carmen Roberts has been on a cycling tour of Shanghai to see what it is 
like for a tourist on two wheels in the world's most populous country.

(See link for video, etc.)


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