品牌中国网讯 2011年3月11日出版的环球时报英文版(Global Times)刊发了标题为Easy riders的文章，对王永倡导的免费顺风车进行了报道。
全文详细如下：
Rush hour traffic on Jianguo Lu on December 14, 2010 Photo: Wang Zi
By Yan Shuang
Free car pooling should be advocated citywide as a way to alleviate traffic, according to a Beijing resident who has been offering free rides to tens of thousands passengers in the city and submitted a proposal through a CPPCC member Tuesday.
Wang Yong, 36, from Hunan Province and president of Brand China Industry Union, has been offering free rides on his way to work for 13 years.
"Car pooling saves energy, is environmentally friendly and keeps cars off the road," Wang, author of the proposal that he has submitted to the CPPCC three years in a row, told the Global Times Thursday.
The proposal suggests developing a free car-pooling system in larger residential communities, which would allow willing car owners and passengers to sign long-term contracts to insure a steady stream of rides.
Small vehicles with three or more passengers would be charged less at tollbooths on expressways and for parking in areas with heavy traffic, according to the proposal.
'Difficult to implement'
According to Wang, though the government appreciated the proposal, questions still remain.
"They said it's difficult to implement since it would involve too many governmental departments and take a lot of work to coordinate," he said.
"How would supply meet the demand for free rides, and how would we be able to differentiate a car pool from an illegal cab?" Wang Yuqing, director of Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of the CPPCC, asked at a meeting on March 8, Beijing News reported Thursday.
