Beijing and Olympic Congestion

This article in The Economist was an interesting read about the plans to reduce the congestion and population in Beijing during the games. The mayor of Beijing announced that the government was going to compensate individuals from driving during the games, because of increase in congestion due to street closers and restrictions. All of this is being done in hopes that it will reduce pollution in the city as the games inch closer. This strategy is interesting in the fact that instead of just ordering people to stay home the administration is using a market approach to reducing pollution in the city.


LINK TO ARTICLE: http://www.economist.com/cities/briefing.cfm?city_id=BJS