thejadeteaspoon > Wouldn't you love to have a side car on your bicycle?
thejadeteaspoon > Typical bike on a Beijing Street. This bike had a "Forever" label on it... in English, of course.
thejadeteaspoon > People-cross bridges... the blocks here are too long to double back... and you can see the convenience of the part-ramp style for transporting bicycles. A bike takes the indirect crossing of Chengfu Lu.
thejadeteaspoon > Students, workers, and all venture into these hutong paths to buy extremely cheap vegetables, snacks, meals, and services.
thejadeteaspoon > Hutong traffic... this is a good example of the typical street size in a village (populations up to a few hundred thousand).. and why 1-car-per-family is hypothetical at present, naive at best, and devastating at worst. Many of the hutongs are disappearing with development, including those with great historical value.
Wouldn't you love to have a side car on your bicycle?
thejadeteaspoon > Wouldn't you love to have a side car on your bicycle?
Wouldn't you love to have a side car on your bicycle?
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