Beijing Lifts Ban On Carpooling - Had Been Illegal Until January 1st

After two years of unsuccessfully participating in the capital's license plate lottery, Zhang Rui has realized that owning a car may not be for her.

Instead, for now, she travels to work using a car pool website as the capital lifted a ban on carpooling earlier this year.

"The city's control on the amount of cars is so strict that I don't know if I'll ever get one — it might be tomorrow or decades later — and sharing a car with someone seems to be my only way out," said the 32-year-old bank clerk from Dongcheng district.

"It's takes ages to wait for a bus, and it's torture to join the morning metro peak and impossible to hail a taxi at that time. Carpool makes things easier." It costs Zhang 10 yuan ($1.65) for each trip from her home to her office, a distance of less than 4 kilometers that would cost 15 yuan in a taxi.

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-02/06/content_17269516.htm