Local transportation officials are considering new measures, such as levying a "traffic jam fee" and raising parking charges, to ease increasing congestion on local roads, reports Shanghai Morning Post.

Charges would be levied on drivers wanting to enter the downtown area in an effort to control the number of vehicles on the city's busiest roads.

Officials also said they plan to erect more electronic road signs to keep drivers informed of the latest traffic situations to reduce bottlenecks. And more one-way lanes will be added to the current 457 such roads to help traffic run more smoothly.

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