Support lacking for car ban plan

Experts call for other solutions to tackle air pollution, traffic congestion

A controversial proposal to ban half of Beijing's vehicles from the roads on alternate days during the winter would only be a stopgap measure, experts have warned.

No decision has yet been made on whether to permanently adopt the odd-even car ban, which would apply each year during the city's "winter heating season" from Nov 15 to March 15, Li Shixiang, Beijing's executive vice-mayor, told deputies of the People's Congress of Beijing last week.