Editing Guangzhou (section)

=== Motor transport===
{{See also|List of bus routes in Guangzhou}}
[[File:Guangzhou BRT Corridor.jpg|thumb|alt=Buses in Guangzhou|Buses in Guangzhou]]
In the 19th century, the city already had over 600 long, straight streets; these were mostly paved but still very narrow.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878|p=37}} In June 1919, work began on demolishing the city wall to make way for wider streets and the development of tramways. The demolition took three years in total.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Edward Bing-Shuey |title=Modern Canton |date=1936 |publisher=The Mercury Press |location=Shanghai}}</ref>

In 2009, it was reported that all 9,424 buses and 17,695 taxis in Guangzhou would be operating on [[Liquefied petroleum gas|LPG]]-fuel by 2010 to promote clean energy for transport and improve the environment ahead of the [[2010 Asian Games]] which were held in the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-07-17/1840198.html |title=Guangzhou expects to run all buses and taxis on LPG for Asiad |work=Official website of the Chinese Olympic Committee |date=July 17, 2009 |access-date=March 20, 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827083731/http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-07-17/1840198.html |archive-date=August 27, 2012}}</ref> At present{{when|date=March 2014}}, Guangzhou is the city that uses the most LPG-fueled vehicles in the world, and at the end of 2006, 6,500 buses and 16,000 taxis were using LPG, taking up 85 percent of all buses and taxis<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Leung |first=Vivian |date=2011-06-01 |title=Slow diffusion of LPG vehicles in China—Lessons from Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0301421511002783 |journal=Energy Policy |volume=39 |issue=6 |pages=3720–3731 |doi=10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.081 |bibcode=2011EnPol..39.3720L |issn=0301-4215}}</ref>
[[File:Yellow taxi of Guangzhou - GAC Aion S.jpg|thumb|A GAC Aion S yellow taxi of Guangzhou]]
Effective January 1, 2007, the municipal government banned motorcycles in Guangdong's urban areas. Motorcycles found violating the ban are confiscated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_85/2007/01/03/116778797013245.shtml |title=Guangzhou Bans Motorcycles |publisher=Life of Guangzhou |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=August 28, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206010658/http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_85/2007/01/03/116778797013245.shtml |archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref> The Guangzhou traffic bureau claimed to have reported reduced traffic problems and accidents in the downtown area since the ban.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_85/2007/01/19/116916856413959.shtml |title=Traffic Jam Improve after Motorcycle Ban |publisher=Life of Guangzhou |date=January 19, 2007 |access-date=August 28, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206010704/http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_85/2007/01/19/116916856413959.shtml |archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref>