Environment
Contributor: Megan N Bohac
Country: China
City: Beijing
This is a photo from our bus ride back into downtown Beijing at around 3pm. As you can see, the traffic is never-ending and it was not even during rush-hour yet! We can see how the dense population effects people's daily commute in this environment.
Traffic was a struggle, but having lived in India and then hearing our other MBA stories about traffic on the India global trip, this traffic seems trivial.
I found it very interesting to learn about ways the government is trying to combat the traffic problems. Tiger mentioned that you can't drive one day a week and that it is very expensive to get the right to buy a car. It's hard to imagine it could be even worse than this! They still have a big problem on their hands.
I think that the traffic would be the most difficult adjustment as an expat in Beijing. We complain about traffic here, but i had no idea how long it could take to go a few blocks.
On the other hand, this is an example of an extremely clear day in Beijing. You can see forever in this pictures. Nice (and not normal either!).
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