Sound Bites

"To avoid wasting time on my way home, I went to a theater to watch a performance on Tuesday evening, but I still hit a traffic jam after the play ended. It was almost 11 pm, but the bus I took could not move at Xizhimen Station."

Wang Xi, a postgraduate student at Beijing Normal University

"I favor charging a congestion fee to ease the traffic jams in central Beijing. It will be a very powerful move with a remarkable effect."