BEIJING (Reuters) 15.2.2008 - An advertisement on Beijing's subway proclaiming "Squeezed in?! Go and buy a car then!" has angered passengers who said it only encourages traffic jams, a state newspaper said Friday.

The advertisement, written in large white letters on a red background, is also contrary to the Beijing city government's aim of getting more people to take public transport, the official Beijing Daily said.

"Isn't this out of tune with environmental protection?" it quoted a subway passenger surnamed Yang as saying.

"The company sees subway passengers as potential customers, but the scornful tone of the advertising language exposes a lack of interest in human feelings behind a meticulous design," a female passenger surnamed Liu added.

Some Internet users have come up with their own versions of the advertisement's slogan, the newspaper said, proposing: "Stuck in a traffic jam? Then take the subway!."

But the storm of criticism against the advert, which does not identify the company or organization behind it, may have just the effect the advertisers were looking for, the report added.

"If they only cared about getting eyeballs rather than the impact it would have on people and society, has it not been effective?" the newspaper quoted unnamed experts as saying.

Beijing is spending billions of dollars expanding and upgrading its subway network ahead of this year's Olympic Games, and wants to encourage more people to take trains and buses to help deal with worsening road congestion.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Alex Richardson)

© Thomson Reuters 2008 All rights reserved

For earlier images from Beijing metro, see www.flickr.com/photos/edelman/1499402219/in/set-721576021...

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Thanks to Julia Chytilová for bringing this to my attention.

Squeeze at the Bear's Den at Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. August 7, 2010.

Coimbra, Portugal (April 2018)

In the Christmas season, when I was young, my brother and I used to have a wonderful time squirting orange peels into the flames of a candle. Squirt! and the flame would do all sorts of interesting things.

This set is an attempt to capture that experience photographically. It wasn't easy, because the flame effect is very quick.

Here is a largish heifer calf that I never would have been able to hold down. She's in a device called a squeeze chute (which is self-explanatory), expressing mighty displeasure. You will be pleased to know that she was off frolicking in a matter of minutes after this picture was taken.

© Michele Gavazza 2012

Taken and originally posted in 2006.

The Hardware Outlet, and old-school hardware and paint store, being squeezed out by its newer (and larger) financial district neighbors. It's no longer there.

Squeeze

Squeeze

Squeeze = 82 g, Mini = 38 g.

Squeeze into a new buddy icon

The pleasantly retro lunch counter at Neiman-Marcus in the Galleria, Fort Lauderdale. In addition to the basic fun of practically dining in a Gary Larson cartoon (think of well dressed ladies in cat's eye glasses), the food is more than decent.

Squeeze Punches XL, L, M

hetoli@yahoo.es

Squeeze

A Toyota FJ Cruiser squeezes through a very narrow pass in Central Florida. Note the driver's side mirror folded back as a precaution.

Von Spekulanten ausgepresster Euro.

Squeezed by speculators €

Pressé par les spéculateurs €

Συμπιέζονται από τους κερδοσκόπους €

Spremuto da speculatori €

Exprimidos por los especuladores €

Притиснати от спекулантите €

壓縮炒家€

Presses af spekulanter €

ضغط من قبل المضاربين €

投機ユーロでスクイズド

Зажатый со спекулянтами €

spekülatörler € tarafından Sıkışmış

A sugar cane press in a state of decay, near Reijns-Dorp, Surinam.

Hard Rock Cafe, Via Dolorosa Street, Christian sector of the Old City, Jerusalem, Israel

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A BNSF "pumpkin" leads a grain train past AC Tower and a crowd of railfans in Marion, Ohio, on a brilliant summer day.

A single unit Class 153 is Arriva Train Wales' niggardly contribution for accommodating the crowd trying to board a Shrewsbury-bound service at Llandrindod Wells on the Heart of Wales Line. I used to think that train overcrowding was purely a London rush-hour commuter problem, but it is dismaying to encounter it in more remote and scenic places. Since winning the franchise, I am not aware of Arriva Train Wales providing any significant additional capacity to ease the frequent overcrowding on its services. I shall be exploring Wales by car in future.

The Rapparee only just fitted into Lock 1, This picture by Michael Fox shows just how tight it was! You can see scrapes both sides on the concrete. www.severnlink.com/

ljubljana..

Squeeze at the Bear's Den at Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. August 7, 2010.

One of my favorite buildings in Morningside Heights.

Monkey seen in Annabelle Comes Home

I don't know if I was takin a dump at the dinner table or what...but I look pained.

Working on some scenes for a new bagatelle from Bindelgrim. Here is a detail shot of one of the band members playing the accordion

for lemon-orange ice cream. We always end up doing this recipe a few times in the summer, though of course lemons and oranges are easier to get in January

Squeeze at the Bear's Den at Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. August 7, 2010.

Little craw found inside traditional twisted roll eaten in Spain January 6th.