(BEIJING, June 5) -- Beijing and Vancouver, host cities
of the next Olympic Summer and Winter Games, and the United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP) jointly called on car owners in the two cities to drive one day
less in 2007 to mark the World Environment Day.
The Construction and Environment Department of the Beijing Organizing
Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) urged BOCOG staff to do their part in creating
conditions for one more "blue sky" in the Chinese capital. In response to the
call, 283 staff members said they would keep their cars at home and choose to
take the bus or ride a bike on World Environment Day. Another 78 said they would
take BOCOG's shuttle bus to go to work. The rest of the staff promised to drive
one day less in the rest of the year
On June 5, 2006, BOCOG and the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection
Bureau staged a similar campaign. Tens of drivers' societies and clubs, as well
as non-governmental environmental organizations, campus environmentalists and
news media, called on fellow drivers to drive one day less. The campaign's
follow-up on October 26, 2006 contributed largely to the smooth traffic and
better air conditions during the Sino-African Summit in Beijing.
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