Public Transit

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng

This is an alphabetical directory of Běijīng’s metro stations that lists for each one every nearby sight or useful service mentioned in this book, bus links (b) to sights further afield, and other practical information for that station. See…

Part of the Travel section of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z

200,000 vehicles enter Běijīng from surrounding areas every day to join over 5.5 million vehicles registered in the capital, or so local research says. In 2011, although it took China Daily…

Part of the Travel section of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z

Despite the manic driving, travelling by taxi in Běijīng is safe, inexpensive, and convenient when done with intelligence. Select your taxi according to the following recommendations…

Part of the Travel section of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z

Some bus routes have prefixes and suffixes in Chinese characters. Occasionally, and mostly on out-of-town trips, there may be more than one bus with the same number, and then it’s important to…

Part of the Travel section of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z

From the Airports

For full details of airport services including shopping, dining, train tickets, and wi-fi see Getting Away.