Beijing's metro learning from European public transport experience

China's remarkable expansion in recent years has brought with it many of the standard problems associated with rapid economic growth. Residents of Beijing, the city that once competed with Amsterdam for the title of most bicycle-oriented city, now take for granted clogged traffic and hazy pollution.

But as more and more Chinese citizens are lifted into the middle class, and with car sales showing few signs of abating, Beijing's municipal government is pushing ahead with an ambitious me...