Beijing cuts new car plates by 90,000 for 2014  

京明年购车摇号指标减9万 拥堵费最快后年开收

《北京市2013-2017年机动车排放污染控制工作方案》任务分解表昨天发布。从明年起，每年24万个的小汽车摇号指标将缩水近4成，配置机动车指标变为15万辆，而且不同类型机动车配比额度会有变化。其中新能源车的配比率逐年递增，从最初的每年2万个逐渐增加到每年6万个。普通小汽车的“限购令”则将逐年收紧，到2017年每年非新能源车的配比量仅为9万辆。[查看全文]

(ECNS)— Beijing on Monday released plan for 2013-2017 to control vehicle emissions, which cuts the number of new license plates from 240,000 to 150,000 next year, the Beijing Daily reported.

According to the plan, 150,000 license plates will be allocated annually from 2014 to 2017, and the quota for alternative-energy cars will increase annually from 20,000 in 2014 to 30,000 in 2015, 60,000 in 2016 and 2017.

Buses and taxies will also be updated. Buses running on electricity and natural gas will account for 65 percent of public buses by 2017. Taxis need updates every six years. Alternative-energy vehicles are expected to reach 195,000, and public transit will take 52 percent of trips in the central urban area by 2017.

The plan also indicates that congestion charges, along with fuel pollutant charges and tiered pricing on gas, will be discussed, which will be implemented in 2015, if necessary.

With the new plan, citizens will find it harder to get a license plate. Statistics show that by Oct. 8, more than 1.6 million people had applied to get a license plate, but only 18,425 can obtain one.