There are nine million bicycles in Beijing - or so the song says - well not anymore. New wealth, upward mobility and, not least, a massive domestic car manufacturing industry, mean the humble bicycle is being eclipsed on the streets of Beijing by its four wheeled rival. But as BON’s Kelda Yuen now reports city authorities are offering at least a little help to the bike in the battle for Beijing’s roads.

Now staying with the issue of body and organ donations: a local official in the city of Shenzhen has suggested that driving licenses in the city be modified to indicate whether or not the holder is willing to donate organs after his or her death. The official, Li Jiasheng recommended adding the information on the issue of new or renewed driving licenses.

He pointed out that each year around 800 to 900 people die in traffic accidents in Shenzhen alone - of which about one in ten is a driver. He said that while around 5,000 people in the city have registered to donate organs, most of these are patients suffering from terminal disease and in many cases the organs are not suitable.

Li says that in any case far more than this small number of organs are needed for both transplants and medical and scientific research.

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If you thought national bike tours were only for Lance Armstrong, you’d be very wrong. In fact, at this very moment in China, a group of four thousand senior citizens are setting out to prove just how wrong you are.

Well following on from our story about the city's plan to rent out bikes, the Beijing government also announced that they're planning to set up more bicycle lanes, which cars won't be able to use.

As we've just seen, cars don't often obey the rules when it comes to bike lanes, so we wanted to know what Beijing residents thought about the new plan, and whether it would persuade to ditch the car in favor of a bike. Here's what they had to say in toady's edition of Straight from the Street.