Send to a friendc4v3man May 6th, 2008 4:03 PM Link
I’m guess there is plenty of parking for government leaders, people with contacts high up in the communist party, and so on. There’s just no parking for you.
No Parking at the Olympic Stadiums in Beijing
Written By: David Yang
Considering the heavy traffic flow in the city, it’s easy to understand that the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) is doing what they can to make sure things here won’t upset those foreign visitors. Yu Chunquan, the director of the transportation department for the BOCOG, told the press recently that there will be no parking spaces for private cars at Olympic stadiums. Instead, Citizens are encouraged to take public transportation to the stadiums. Well, what other choices do we have?
The municipal government will introduce 34 Olympic bus routes totaling about 260 kilometers in length by the end of July for the convenience of the stadium-goers. Some of the buses will be running for 24 hours a day. That said, it doesn’t take a genius to think of parking his car somewhere near those stadiums, though people with an Olympic ticket can get free bus rides easily.
(Look, but don’t park,at some Beijing stadium pictures below.)
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4 Comments
Jonathan Fung May 6th, 2008 4:29 PM Link
Hmm, I was under the impression when I visited that the Olympic village and the arenas were rather separated from the rest of the city with newly-constructed private roads and what not, which didn’t seem too good for parking alongside. Maybe I’m wrong. But even if you could find parking nearby, I’m pretty sure that public transportation would be the way to go anyway, and would almost definitly be more convenient for anyone.
Winding Road » Archive » Street Sweeper, Chinese Style May 7th, 2008 11:16 AM Link
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Mark May 7th, 2008 12:33 PM Link
That stadium will look great once they take that ugly scaffolding down. Uh oh. Never mind.
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