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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee (BOBICO) has put up the
100-day countdown board on its gate. In the meanwhile, Beijing is
accelerating its process to revamp all the traffic facilities to
make the city's transportation more convenient with light-train,
subway and other major roads under busy construction.
According to some reports, Athens, the host for the 2004 Olympics
was criticized by the IOC for its traffic problems in the city.
Traffic plays a crucial role in whether a candidate city can be
chosen to host the 2008 Olympics.
How can the traffic in the city be improved in a short period?
Sources of the BOBICO blueprinted that Beijing will, in the several
years to come, build an "Olympics ring road" to connect
major traffic arteries with some stadiums to make sure that every
stadium can be reached at least by two ways. On that basis, a city
transportation network will come into being by various means of
transportation, including roads, subways, underpasses, railways,
trolley buses and elevated expressways. By then, Beijing will become
a most convenient city in transportation.
Experts suggest that the city should build more parking lots to
ease its shortage in order to help increase its traffic capacity.
As there are only 100 days left for IOC to name the host for the
2008 Olympics in Moscow, Beijing is exerting all its efforts to
improve its traffic situation. Mr. Su Jing, person in charge of
communications department of the BOBICO said, we are confident that
Beijing has quite enough ability to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
(People's Daily 04/05)
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