China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Unprecedented Growth

China: And according to 2015 research conducted by a European mapping firm, Shanghai ranks 24th out of 146 of the world most gridlocked cities, according to Global Times China. This gridlock in China major cities can be directly attributed to the recent unprecedented growth in the domestic auto market. A 2014 report on the state of traffic in Chinese cities shows that while Beijing continues to take the crown as China most congested city, Shanghai has quickly moved up the list in recent years to third place. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in 2015 over 24 million vehicles and passenger cars were sold, with 3 million households in Shanghai now owning at least one car. To combat the dual issues of congestion and bad driving, the Shanghai government launched a three-month traffic enforcement campaign at the end of March, which was kicked off with a high-profile, citywide crackdown. There were over 1,000 traffic accidents and 900 fatalities across Shanghai in 2014; the two leading causes cited were drivers not obeying traffic lights and not letting pedestrians pass. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.