I love this new addition to our Julong Garden parking lot. I had never seen anything like it. It’s shiny, fully equipped with radio, a big fan, etc. Real cute. Wish I had one of those to beat the Beijing traffic that is becoming worse by the day. Getting a taxi is also becoming more difficult, the worst regions being Wangfujing and surroundings and CBD. Don’t expect any help from the police nor government, they are basically useless to improve the situation.

I am still considering buying a bike but as parking lots are mostly as rare as fresh air and bikes are stolen in a wink, what’s the point. Riding a bike is also dangerous, either you get hit by a car (Chinese drivers have zero civility and act like cave people driving cars) or get lung cancer, Pollution levels (AQI) were close to 500 in the past days but you won’t learn that from the government.
And, yes I know, that little red beauty pollutes a lot. Nothing is perfect.
So my current solution is to take a pedicab (“sanlunche”, tricycle), most have now an electric motor. Most of the pedicabs know me in the CBD area, so no need to bargain and they already know where I want to go. It’s fast and those people earn a living too.