VOA慢速英语: 美国公共交通客流量达到几十年来最高水平（双语）

America's Public Transit Ridership Hits Highest Level in Decades

美国的公共交通客流量达到几十年来最高水平

From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。

A record number of Americans are moving into cities. When they move into urban areas they drive less. New York city is one of the top cities for new people and for users of mass transit.

创纪录数量的美国人正在不断地涌入城市。当这些人搬到市区后，开车次数就少了，纽约市是新朋友和公共交通使用者最多的城市之一。

There are about 3.4 billion rides on New York City subways and buses every year. That is about one-third of all mass transit trips in the United States. New York's mass transit system operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

每年大约有34亿人乘坐纽约的地铁和巴士，大约占到美国所有使用公共交通出行人数的三分之一。纽约的公共交通每周运行7天，每天运行24小时不间断。

The public transport system costs $1.5 billion a year to maintain. It is one of the world's oldest mass transit systems. The city's first subway line opened in 1904. Use of public transportation is the highest it has been in almost 60 years in almost every American city.

每年公共交通系统的维护需要花费15亿美元，同时世界上最古老的公共交通系统之一。这座城市的第一条地铁于1904年开通运行。几乎美国的每一个城市的公共交通使用量都达到了近60年来的最高水平。

Researchers say Americans took 10.7 billion trips on public transportation in 2012. Gene Russianoff is spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign. The group supports people who take public transportation. He says younger Americans are causing the rise in mass transit use.

研究人员称，2012年美国人乘一共乘坐公共交通107亿次。吉恩·罗斯诺夫是“乘客运动”的发言人，该组织为那些乘坐公共交通的乘客提供支持。他称，是美国的年轻人致使美国公共交通使用量的激增。

"Millenials, those people born around the turn of the past century are much less car-oriented. They are urban. They like not owning cars, they like less responsibility and there are a lot of them," Russianoff said.

罗斯诺夫说：“千禧一代的人出生在世纪之交，他们的汽车使用量很低，他们是城里人，不喜欢买车，且缺乏责任感，而且这样的人有很多。”

Many people, not just Millenials, believe public transit is less costly than car use and is good for the environment. New York City is planning several major expansions of its public transportation system. One project is a new $4.7 billion subway line. The first part of the project is set to be completed in 2016.

不只是千禧一代，还有很多人认为公共交通比汽车使用成本更低，并且有益于环境的保护。纽约市正在筹划几个项目来对其公共交通系统进行扩张。其中一个项目是耗资47亿美元修建一条新的地铁线路。该项目的第一部分预计会在2016年完工。

People who work in New York's financial area will soon be using a new subway center. Almost all of New York city's subways meet in the lower part of Manhattan. The new center will give riders an easier way to travel to the neighboring state of New Jersey. The most costly planned project is a $7 billion tunnel connection from Long Island into Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal.

在纽约金融区工作的人们很快就可以去新地铁中心乘坐地铁。纽约市几乎所有的地铁都集中于曼哈顿区的中下方区域。这条新地铁将会为去新泽西州附近地区的乘客提供更加便捷的方式。最昂贵的项目是连接长岛和曼哈顿中央车站的一条耗资70亿美元的隧道。

Andrew Albert is a member of the board of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He says there are many other reasons for the increase in the use of mass transit.

安德鲁·艾伯特是大纽约交通运输管理局的董事会成员，他称，公共交通使用量的增加许多其他原因。

"The system has gotten a lot more dependable. We have new cars. We have countdown clocks to tell you when the next train is coming. We have expanded facilities in places," Albert said.

艾伯特说：“公共交通系统变得越来越可靠，我们的公共交通工具换了新车，当下一班车即将到来，我们的倒计时时钟就会提醒你。而且我们已经扩大了各处的相关设施。”

And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.

这就是本期的美国之音慢速英语科技报道。我是乔纳森·埃文斯。