Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
To know which day you should be leaving the car at home, visit
www.bjjtgl.gov.cn
and
click on the image of the number plate on the left of the screen. It's only in Chinese, but it's
easy to understand. The main characters you need to identify include the days of the week:
星期一
for Monday,
星期二
for Tuesday,
星期三
for Wednesday,
星期四
for Thursday,
星
期五
for Friday, and
公休日
for public holidays;
停驶
means “no driving,”
尾号
means the
plate number, and
和
means “and.”
Filling Up
It can be hard to find a gas station in Beijing. However,
www.aibang.com
has a handy phone
app, which can locate your nearest gas stations as well as a million other things. It is in
Chinese, but this function isn't too complicated. When you open the application on your
phone, go straight to the search box and type
jiayouzhan
, then select
加油站
. Click on the
top option that comes up, and then click on the blue marker symbol to bring up a map show-
ing where you are in relation to the gas station.
Gas stations are not self-serve. An attendant will fill your car for you. Unfortunately,
there have been many incidents of attendants underfilling by as much as RMB100, and
charging the amount that was requested. Always get out of your car and check the meter. At
the time of writing, gas prices at the pump were around RMB8 per liter (1L = 0.26 gallons).
If you want to calculate your fuel consumption in Beijing, visit
www.numbeo.com
.
