Beijing seriously considering implementing congestion tolls by 2015

In a bid to ease traffic jams and cut air pollution, Beijing is likely to start charging congestion fees on motorists in the downtown area in 2015 at the earliest.

The proposal is included in a task list of Beijing's five-year action plan on controlling vehicle pollution.

Issued last week, the document contains a suite of measures to curb car emissions, such as a reduction of the number of license plates issued, elimination of high-emission vehicles, increase of parking fees and construction of new subways.