TJ citizens rush to buy cars ahead of traffic restriction (1/7)

Local residents stand in line waiting to proceed with transactions of car sales in a used car market in Tianjin on Dec 15, 2013, a day before the city began imposing quota on its new car plates. The city began to issue new car license plates via bidding and lottery in a drive to fight traffic jam and air pollution on Monday. [Photo: China News Service / Tong Yu]