Drivers suffer from a bumper-to-bumper jam on a road in Beijing during the morning rush hours on November 13, 2014, the first day after the lifting of the city's even-odd license plate restrictions. Beijing municipality launched the odd-even license plate system to ease traffic on roads during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. The traffic control system allowed cars to drive on alternating days based on odd or even license plate numbers from November 3 to 12, aiming to decrease total traffic by 35 percent. [Photo: Chinanews.com/ Jin Shuo] |