| Some people think they have an answer
{{U}}(36) {{/U}}the problem of automobile crowding and pollution
in large cities. Their {{U}}(37) {{/U}} is the bicycle, or bike.
In a great {{U}}(38) {{/U}} dries, hundreds of people ride bicycles to
work every day. In New York city, some bike {{U}}(39) {{/U}} have even
formed a group {{U}}(40) {{/U}} "Bike for a Better City". They claim
(声称)that if {{U}}(41) {{/U}} people rode bicycles to work, there
{{U}}(42) {{/U}} be {{U}}(43) {{/U}} automobiles in the downtown
section of the city and {{U}}(44) {{/U}} less dirty air from car
{{U}}(45) {{/U}}. For several years this {{U}}(46) {{/U}} has been trying to get the city government to{{U}} (47) {{/U}} bicycle riders. For 48 ,they want the city to paint special lanes(车道) for bicycles only {{U}}(49) {{/U}} some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the {{U}}(50) {{/U}} lanes as cars, there may be {{U}}(51) {{/U}}."Bike for a Better City" feels that if there were{{U}} (52) {{/U}} lanes, {{U}}(53) {{/U}} people would use bikes. But no bicycle lanes have been {{U}}(54) {{/U}} yet. {{U}}(55) {{/U}} thinks they are a good {{U}}(56) {{/U}}. Taxi drivers {{U}}(57) {{/U}} the idea--they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don't like the idea-they say that if there {{U}}(58) {{/U}} less traffic, they will have less {{U}}(59) {{/U}}. And most people live {{U}}(60) {{/U}} far from downtown to travel by bike. |