Guangzhou, this southern mainland city is working on a comprehensive plan to adjust public transportation during the 2010 Asian Games, a senior government official said.

"We have learned a lot from the just-concluded Beijing Olympic Games. We will encourage all local citizens to help prepare for the upcoming games," Guangzhou Vice Mayor Xu Ruisheng said.

"In the traffic management, Beijing has shown us a good example to solve the congested public traffic problem. Besides the adjustment, we will speed up development of the traffic infrastructure in the coming two years," Xu said.

However, results of an online survey released yesterday by www.dayoo.com showed that nearly 90 percent of the interviewees supported the traffic restriction of alternating odd-even license plates, which proved beneficial during the Beijing Olympics.

"Authorities of transportation and traffic police, together with the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee are working on several plans to improve the traffic conditions during the Asian Games," said Xu, who did not reveal the details. "We are also doing research on the alternating odd-even license plate system," he added.

Like other big cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, Guangzhou has also been long plagued by congested traffic, especially during rush hours.

But as of this year, the city has introduced a major traffic-adjustment plan, including increasing bus routes and introducing mini-bus service in residential communities, to improve the public traffic.

And the city will build as many as nine metro lines, with a total length of 255 kilometers, by 2010, according to official sources with the Guangzhou Metro Company Ltd.

"By 2010, nearly 70 percent of sports venues for the Asian Games will have easy access to the metro system," Xu said.