Chinese City Proposes Vehicle Restrictions to Reduce Smog
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One of China’s most polluted cities has proposed to limit vehicle ownership through a lottery, becoming the latest locality to do so in the world’s largest auto market as air quality and traffic congestion worsen.
Shijiazhuang, the capital of steel-producing Hebei province surrounding Beijing, will restrict the number of new vehicles to 100,000 this year and limit households to owning two cars, according to a Shijiazhuang Daily report posted on the local government’s website yesterday. That quota will be cut to 90,000 in 2015, with a lottery being used to determine who can buy cars, the report said.