Beijing, China has recently announced that they are implementing new rules that will see all vehicles banned from that city center except for those the government deems to be “green vehicles”.

The new policy is designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality in the highly polluted Beijing city center. All vehicles will be given certain colored labels which would designate what parts of the city they are allowed to be driven in. The city center will be accessible only by those vehicles labeled as green.

As you might expect this will be a bit of logistical nightmare and city officials are already finding a hurtle in that a lot of the trucks that bring food in from rural areas to the city center are far from being “green”.