北大教授辜正坤说,看国民生活水平,不应该拿个人拥有小轿车的多少,与发达国家相比较。他以自身的感受举例说:“15年前,当我从北大坐公共汽车到白石桥站时,通常情况下不会堵车,只需7、8分钟就可以了。现在呢?大街比15年前扩修了许多,交警比15年前增加了许多,车辆比15年前更是增加了若干倍,但是在一般情况下,少说也要40分钟！也就是说,我们现在 Professor Ku Zheng-kun, a professor at Peking University, said: Looking at the standard of living of the people, we should not compare the number of cars owned by individuals with that of developed countries. For example, he said with his own feelings: "When I took a bus from Peking University to Baishiqiao Station 15 years ago, I usually stopped traffic jam in just 7 or 8 minutes. Now? The traffic police increased a lot more than 15 years ago and the number of vehicles has increased several times more than 15 years ago. However, under normal circumstances, it is 40 minutes less to say! That is, we are now