Mobility.

Beijing is big. But getting around the city can be easy, fun, and mercifully cheap.

With six lines snaking all over the urban and suburban areas, the Beijing subway is extremely cheap, very rarely out of service but at times subject to horrendous crowds. Taxis are a plenty and equally affordable though with the rapid increase in the number of privately owned vehicles, traffic is often congested, making the bicycle a very popular mode of transport also.

For those jetset individuals, Capital Airport boasting the newly opened world class terminal three, has daily direct flights to a multitude of major destinations and located only 20 minutes from the CDB via the soon to be opened airport express train, makes international travel a breeze.

Airport

Airport Beijing.

What an airport. Norman Foster has done it again. Can it be described as Asian? Is it a development on from Hong Kong? What it is, is space. And air. Vast open spaces and high, high roofing abound. Beautiful sweeping lines attract...

Subway.

Fast, efficient, modern, and ever-growing are just a few terms that could be used to describe the Beijing subway system. That being said, it is still slightly behind when compared to the subway systems of other major cities...

Taxi.

Taxis are everywhere and they are made use of. Try hailing one on a busy street and it could happen, that a couple of dozen speed past, all occupied. Mostly though, one stops pretty much immediately. The drivers seem proud and they...

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