2015考研英语阅读冲刺精读训练(城市骑行)
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2015考研英语阅读冲刺精读训练(城市骑行)

  Unlike Buenos Aires, which has taken to two wheels with gusto, Sao Paulo is also muscle-strainingly hilly. It is unsafe, too. In London, with more bicycle trips, 14 cyclists perished in traffic last year; in Sao Paulo 37 did. Many drivers have little patience for non-motorised road users.

  Nine in ten paulistanos say they want the cycle network extended. In practice, some are less keen. In the short run congestion may worsen as bike lanes impinge on precious road space. Vicente Safon, who runs a bakery in Higienópolis, a leafy district, came to work recently to find one being traced on his doorstep. Deliveries of flour in 50kg (110lb) sacks had to be lugged from a distant side street. Mr Safon complained; a 50-metre stretch was painted over in asphalt grey—to the relief of the baker, if not the bikers, who now find themselves in a car lane with no warning.Such kerfuffles are inevitable, says Leonardo Barchini, a city-hall spokesman. He hopes the kinks can be ironed out, for instance by allowing delivery vehicles to stop on bike lanes at certain times.

  Changing Sao Paulo's car culture will be hard, admits Nabil Bonduki, a city-council man leading the pro-cycling peloton. But he takes heart from Copenhagen. When the Danish capital first mooted bike lanes 30 years ago many residents were dead-set against them. Now 36% of commuter trips are by cycle.(Economist)

  翻译:

  与首都布宜诺斯艾利斯适宜两轮自行车不同的是,圣保罗多山,骑行非常累,而且不安全。在伦敦,由于人们骑自行车远足,去年14个自行车手死于交通事故,而圣保罗的数据是37人。许多驾驶员对非机动车道路上的骑行者没有一点耐心。

  圣保罗人里十个有九个称他们希望拓展他们城市的自行车道网络。实际上,有些人的意愿并不是那么热切。短期来看,由于自行车道对之前的公路系统有影响,交通拥堵的状况可能会加剧。文森特·赛风在Higienópolis经营一家面包店,该地区树木众多。近期来工作的他发现自行车道都修到他的门口。运送50千克一麻袋的面粉不得不从很远的街道另一边拖过来。赛风抱怨道,50米宽的车道被涂上沥青灰,以让面包师安心。倘若不是那些骑行者,谁会在没有警告的机动车道危险穿行。市政厅的发言人Leonardo Barchini声称这样的混乱是不可避免的。他希望这让人着恼的事能尽快得到解决,比如在特定的时间段允许货运车暂时停靠在自行车道。

  纳比尔,圣保罗市委员会倡导自行车化集团的首领承认改变圣保罗市的汽车文化任重道远。但是他从哥本哈根获得勇气和启迪。30年前,丹麦首都哥本哈根开始商讨修建自行车道时,许多居民都坚决反对。然而现在36%的远足都是骑行发生的。




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