{"id":224891084,"date":"2012-02-16T21:44:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T21:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=224891084"},"modified":"2012-02-16T21:44:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T21:44:44","slug":"berliners-enjoy-cleanest-air-in-major-european-cities-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=224891084","title":{"rendered":"Berliners enjoy cleanest air in major European cities: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From English.news.cn<br \/>\nBERLIN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) &#8212; Residents in the German capital of Berlin are breathing the cleanest air in major European cities, as the municipality&#8217;s consistent efforts to decrease soot and other particulate pollution paid off, according to a new report released here Wednesday.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe Berlin municipality&#8217;s comprehensive strategy to curb high pollution emitters and efficiently put the use of private cars at a reasonable level has significantly contributed to the amelioration of the city&#8217;s overall air quality.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n&quot;The proportion of car traffic on the road has shrunk by 6 percent, while the use of bicycles has doubled to 13 percent,&quot; said Werner Reh, a transportation expert for BUND.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english2010\/world\/2011-09\/08\/c_131114562.htm\">https:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english2010\/world\/2011-09\/08\/c_131114562.htm<\/a>oldId.20120216214444922<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From English.news.cn BERLIN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) &#8212; Residents in the German capital of Berlin are breathing the cleanest air in major European cities, as the municipality&#8217;s consistent efforts to decrease soot and other particulate pollution paid off, according to a new report released here Wednesday. &#8230; The Berlin municipality&#8217;s comprehensive strategy to curb high pollution &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=224891084\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Berliners enjoy cleanest air in major European cities: report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224891084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224891084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224891084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224891084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224891084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224891084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224891084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}