As the opening day of the 2010 World Exposition draws ever closer preparations in the city of Shanghai have moved into high gear. But as far as cars moving around the city are concerned you're more likely to be in low gear as already bad traffic congestion gets worse by the day. Now city officials and traffic experts are working hard to resolve this.

How do you get millions of Shanghai commuters to their jobs - and millions of tourists to the World Expo? Well, as the opening day of World Exposition 2010 on May 1st looms, that's just the question members of Shanghai's Municipal Committee have posed themselves. And they've come up with a number of innovative solutions aimed at achieving both goals.

Committee member - Zuo Xuejin – has suggested staggering office hours so Shanghai residents can go to work at different time to avoid traffic peaks.