Originally Posted by squeakywheel
Thanks. That was enlightening. Funny how we have these ideas of other places. I had this vision that Bejing was just full of bikes and everyone commuted on them. Your pictures show alot of cars.
The OP mentioned that the pics were not of rush hour... belive me there are more people moving on foot and bike than by car... at least where I visited in Hangzhou.
In the early mornings one would see about cyclists about 3 or 4 deep along the side of the road in a steady flow... like one huge slow continuous peloton. No one rides "fast," the pace might be about 8MPH or so. I never saw 20MPH riders like those on the US streets.