Beijing launches app to reduce traffic congestion

BEIJING: From August, Chinese capital Beijing will promote a cellphone app that is likely to help address minor accidents and consequently reduce the city’s notorious traffic congestion. The app is the latest attempt by Beijing, which has tried several means to address the traffic congestion termed by many as the city’s most serious ‘urban disease’. Beijing Insurance Regulatory Commission said that 172 traffic accidents were resolved through the trial version of the app, which was put in use on May 13 in some areas of the city.