Pollution solution, Beijing style

During the Olympics, 400,000 Beijingers went online to vote for keeping the Olympic car restrictions that took nearly half of all cars off the road for two months, clearing the streets and the skies.

The verdict is in: all private cars will be banned from the roads one day a week and license plate restrictions will again take about 30 percent of cars off the roads each day. 

Within two hours of publishing the news, 2,400 Beijing citizens complained on China Daily's Web site. Some said it is unfair to require private cars to be taken off the roads one day a week. Some said the restrictions force law abiding citizens to buy more cars. Most said city officials won't follow the law anyway, making it a restriction only obeyed by people it hurts.

Read more at China Daily.