There are millions of cars, cabs, buses, scooters and bikes in Shanghai.  Remarkable, considering it wasn’t until around 1992 that the masses starting purchasing and driving cars.  The trend caught on quickly and everyone has or wants a car now.   To control the number of cars on the road, the city of Shanghai only issues a limited amount of licenses plates each month and they don’t come cheep.  The going rate is fixed at $10,000.  That may seem like a lot until you find out that prior to 2012 they were auctioned off to the highest bidder.

As much as the car thing has taken off using a truck to delivery something has not.  The Chinese seem to love to transport things on bikes.  This guy is loaded down with plastic bottles.

They use bikes to deliver the mail, packages, and items from the local home improvement store. This man is delivering hardwood flooring.

And although no one seems to formally recycle here, people are always collecting cardboard, plastic and scrap metal.  Where it all goes, I have no idea.

You see small shops and food stands on bikes, people selling flowers and balloons on bikes.  This guy has a drill press mounted to the back of his bike.

I understand the number of cyclists in Shanghai has decreased over the past 15 to 20 years but the bike still appears to be the preferred method of delivery.