A: A taxi typically costs about 85- 100 yuan, including the 10-15 yuan expressway toll, and takes about half an hour in normal traffic.
B: It is accessed by daily shuttle buses costing 16 yuan and normally takes about an hour to the city center depending on traffic. Please check the airport shuttle routes as follow:Beijing subway station: Dongzhime- Sanyuan Bridge- Capital International Airport (Every 30 minute and the time is 6 a.m -7:30 p.m) Fangzhuang: Liangma Bridge- China Internatinal Trade Center- Capital International Airport (Every 30 minute and the time is 6:30 a.m - 7 p.m)
Gongzhoufen: Anzhengli- Beijing Taipingzhuang- Capital International Airport (Every 15 minutes and the time is 6 a.m - 7:30 p.m)
Xidan: Sanyuan Bridge- Capital International Airport (Every 30 minutes and the time is 6 a.m - 7 p.m)
Zhongguancun: Wangjing- Xiaoying- Capital International Airport (Every 30 minutes and the time is 7 a.m -7:30 p.m)
Capital International Airport: Sanyuan Birdge- Yuyang Hotel- Hotel kunlun- Dongzhimen- Dongsi Shitiao- Chaoyangmen- International Hotel (Every 30 minutes and the time is 6 a.m -7 p.m)
C:MTR Airport Line MTR Airport Line will be open to operate in June 2008, when it will be 16 minutes from Dongzhimen reach to the Capital airport.MTR Airport line start at the Dongzhimen and terminate respectively at the Capital airport terminal 2 and 3 with a total length of 27.3 km. The line can be exchanged at the Dongzhimen Station and the Metro Line 2, as well as connected with the Olympic Centre.

Train:Rail is the most commonly used transportation for domestic long-distance tours. There are four railway stations in Beijing serving the whole country: Beijing Railway Station (East Beijing), Beijing West Railway Station(Southeast Beijing), Yongdingmen Station (South Beijing) and Xizhimen Railway Station (North Beijng). Many bus routes or subways serve there stations. When booking a train there are four types of ticket: hard seat (yingzuo), which is just what it says, and the somewhat more comfortable soft seat (ruanzuo). Use either for relatively brief journeys only, if possible (less than four or five hours). More comfortable for the long-haul are hard-sleeper (yingwo) berths, which you will share with five other people and soft sleeper (ruanwo) berths, which you will share with three other people. None may be described as .

Highways:The roadways of urban Beijing are orderly and well-planned and constructed. The Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth roads, various freeways and numbers feeder roads make up a complete urban road system.
Beijing is also a hub of the country road transportation. Twelve State-road and nine express highways radiate from Beijing reaching every main city nationwide. Inter-city roads are playing an important role in connecting cities and province in China. Fourteen long-distance bus stations have been built in Beijing, including the Bawangfen, Deshengmen, Dongzhimen, Lizeqiao, Lianhuachi, Liuliqiao, Muxiyuan, Tianqiao, Xizhemen, Yongdingmen, Zhaogongkou, Sihui, Xinfadi and Jiudongshan stations

Bus:In Beijing, there are plenty of local and long-distance buses. City center buses tend to be overcrowded at times and traffic jams can add to the misery, however, improvements are on the way in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Games. About 4,000 new environmentally friendly buses were added to the fleet in late 2005 and 2006, but many more are planned.
Generally, the buses operate between 6 a.m and 10 p.m midnight. Their frequency varies, but a bus should arrive every five to ten minutes. Charges vary from 1 yuan to 12 yuan depending on the quality of service, how far you are traveling and where you go. Fees are paid to conductor rather than the driver, but in 2007 a popular new debit card Yikatong ticketing system was introduced system-wide. They can also be used to pay fares for the Beijing Subway and for some taxis. The Yikatong are available at bus and subway station ticket offices.
The first number of a bus route differentiates its function. Buses with 7or 8 as the first number usually come with air conditioning. Buses with 9 as the first number run between suburban and urban areas. Buses beginning with number 2 operate at night.
Beijing bus information: http://www.bjbus.com

Subways and Light Railways:Although sometimes crowded, this is often the fastest way to get around the city. The Beijing Subway system (ditie) currently consists of two underground rail lines and two light-rail lines. The two most used lines, Line 1 (the east-west line or yixian) and Line 2 (the loop line or huanxian), have been joined to the Batong Light-rail Line( extending out of the city to the east) and to Line 13 (shisna hao xian), which operates in the north of the city connecting to the loop line at the Xizhimen and Dongzhimen stations. An all-new Line 5 from Songjiazhuang in south-central Beijing to Taipingzhuang was undergoing trial runs in June 2007 and was expected to go into service in September 2007. Some of the new line 10 subway line, including the Olympic Branch Line serving the Olympic Green will be ready for the 2008 Olympics.
Tickets cost is 2 yuan which depends on whether you will be making a transfer to any lines. When buying a ticket, try to let the seller know where you are going, either by showing them a map or by station your destination. And make sure you retrieve your token at the electronic gate upon entrance as you will need it to get out once you reach you destination.
Subway/light-rail trains arrive every few minute, generally speaking from 5:15 a.m to 10:40 p.m. Route signs are bilingual; useful maps showing station exits are located at the center of every platform, and all stops are announced on the trains in English an Chinese.
Click here to get more info about the Beijing subway http://www.bjsubway.com/cns/index.html

Taxi:There are more than 70.000 taxis in use in Beijing. Taxi flag-falls begin at 10 yuan during the day and 11 yuan from 11 p.m until 5 a.m. the cost of a ride is 10 yuan within 3 kilometers, 2.0 yuan per kilometer after 3 kilometers, 3 yuan after 15 kilometers. You are within your rights to select any vehicle you wish at the taxi stand, unlike in many Western countries, where you might be compelled to take the taxi at the front.
About 30.000 new, colorful, more comfortable Beijing Hyundai Sonata and Electra models were added to the city mid-sized taxi fleet in early 2006. Air-conditioned and capable of meeting Euro III international auto emissions standards, the new cars are a vast improvement of Beijing taxi culture.
There some survival skills for the foreigner in Beijing who doesn use the taxi system and non- Chinese speaker:
Try to know where you¡¯re going; showing a map or a card with your destination is extremely helpful to the driver.
Carry small change; your driver many not be able to change a 100-yuan note.
Sit in the front seat to make hand gestures more visible, being aware of the seat belt. Zuo zhuan is a left turn, You zhuan is a right turn.
Say Tingchen to stop
Ask for you receipt by saying Fapiao
Look to the rear of the taxi, especially in bicycle lane, before opening your taxi doors to avoid be struck by a cyclist.

Bicycles:China used to be called the sea of bicycles and in today Beijing the bicycle is still a convenient vehicle for most people. Renting a bike may be a good way for you to see the city at your own pace. You can rent a good bike from a hotel, playing 20 yuan-30 yuan for the day (deposit required). You can also rent from bigger booths (for repairing bikes and pumping tires) where the charges are lower but the bikes are not as new. When you need to, put your bike in a bike park. They are easily identified by large amounts of bike on the roadside and cost a very affordable 1 yuan.