Beijing to test GPS guidance on the road

BEIJING - As the city marks the one-year anniversary of measures to solve its traffic woes, authorities are eager to begin an experiment with a GPS system that could alert drivers to real-time road congestion.

The new GPS system can show the quickest way to a destination.

Next year, 12,000 drivers in the Wangjing area of Beijing will have their cars fitted with a free GPS device, operated by Beijing Palmcity Science and Technology Co, for the experiment, which will last until October.