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These numbers are staggering. Almost 16 million daily commutes in Shanghai during the holiday period, which is when many people are NOT working.

Did anyone attend this hearing in Songjiang yesterday (24 October)? Would love to see any reports.

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I'm in India till midday on 27th, and will be busy on Friday and maybe Saturday. Other than that I'm uncommitted till 5 October, when I'll go elope with my KLR650. Would be great to get out for three...

Did someone say BRIDGES and TUNNELS????? I, for one, would be open to spending the first several days of October riding every forbidden bridge and tunnel within reach of Shanghai -- Hangzhou Bay,...

Tried to find pictures of this "mass event", but failed. Would like to see hundreds or thousands of bikes gathered outside a government building!

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Dear Fingers,

Many thanks for these details, depressing as they are. I have one new question, though. Without issuing new plates, how is it that the city makes "good money" from us motorcyclists?...

The problem is that, in Shanghai anyways, the "journey" begins at the other end of the "expressway". Yes, boring as hell, but they they get you far more efficiently to "the good riding".

Were you...

Actually, in all pie-in-the-sky seriousness, is it possible that a protest like this could have a positive impact on the mainland by giving visible voice to a view that also is common here?
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One "province" down, 34 to go. The 550cc cutoff is a nice line in the sand. I LOVE the idea of a group action and would happily join a "demonstration ride" in the mainland -- if and only if we could...

Do Chinese highway police have a policy of giving chase, whether in a Santana or an SUV? I've been pursued only twice: once by a repair crew in a yellow official truck while ryanjpyle and I rode...

The gap in the far right lane is always at least 1m wide.... (Not that I'd ever use it....)

OK, just for the hell of it, I did go through all nine pages of the Zhejiang Implementation Method and, while I found 19 references to motorcycles, none was a ban on riding on the expressway, unless...

OK, just for fun, I looked up the PRC Highway Traffic Safety Law (中华人民共和国道路交通安全法) and the PRC Highway Traffic Safety Law Implementation Regulations (中华人民共和国道路交通安全法实施条例).

There are altogether 13...

We've covered this before in earlier threads (which I'm too lazy to dig out). The national traffic law does not forbid motorcycles on expressways. The master list of questions for the motorcycle...