BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- A survey by Beijing transport authorities has found the number of trips in the city by car as a proportion of trips by all mainstream modes of transport has fallen for the first time since the commission began conducting the research in 1986.
In 2014, the fifth year in which the survey was done, 31.5 percent of trips in China's capital were made by car, down from 33.6 percent in 2010, said an official with the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport on Friday.
The commission also considered subway, bus, bicycle and walking in the calculation.
It put the drop largely down to bus lanes, parking price hikes, Beijing's car plate lottery system and alternate traffic restrictions by car plate numbers on weekdays.
The survey found the average distance covered by each car in 2014 was 15,000 km, 1.5 times the number in London and twice the number in Tokyo.
Under a five-year plan to ease traffic congestion, Beijing has promised to build 1,000 km of suburban railway lines by 2020, and to more than quadruple the total length of bike lines in the city proper to 3,200 km.
by Maria Spiliopoulou
ATHENS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two more Turkish servicemen fled to Greece a few days ago and applied for asylum, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday.
The two officers appeared at a police station in the northern city of Orestiada on Feb. 15 submitting an asylum request, according to the report.
The new requests came as tensions in bilateral ties between Turkey and Greece have spiked in recent months following the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016.
No official statement has been released by Greek authorities yet on the case.
According to AMNA, Turkish sources said the two men may have been involved in the assassination bid against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 15.
According to Greek Public Order ministry sources, Turkey has not requested their extradition so far.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, Greek officials said that Greece did not intend to become a theater of confrontation between the Turkish government and its critics.
Eight officers had fled to the northern city of Alexandroupolis a day after the failed coup attempt and sought asylum in Greece last July, triggering a diplomatic and judicial marathon which ended this January.
The ruling of Greece's Supreme Court against the officers' extradition to Ankara to stand trial for their alleged role in the failed coup attempt, citing concern over possible violation of their human rights, did not receive a welcome from Turkey.
The eight have insisted on their innocence and stressed they feared for their safety. Enditem
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