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机译:新加坡

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A few years ago, Singapore's government officials had a slight problem on their hands. A small island―only 253 square miles but with a population of over 4 million―Singapore was running out of room to build new roads. According to Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB), the government estimated that roads were consuming 14 percent of the land―roughly equivalent to the area needed to house the entire population of the island. Yet the number of cars on the road continued to surge, and something needed to be done quickly, before Singaporeans took to living out of their automobiles. Instead of restricting vehicle ownership or building new roads, Singapore chose the road less traveled. The government invested in new technology to save the day and implanted optical-sensory flash points along the highway in the hope that tolls―if not tollbooths―could manage the flow of traffic. Since this change, rush hour has become more expensive and, as a result of more cars traveling at non-peak times, quicker.
机译:几年前,新加坡政府官员手上有一个小问题。一个只有253平方英里但人口超过400万的小岛,新加坡已经没有足够的空间来修建新的道路。根据新加坡经济发展局(EDB)的估算,政府估计道路消耗了14%的土地,大致相当于容纳岛上全部人口所需的面积。然而,道路上的汽车数量继续激增,在新加坡人开始依靠汽车谋生之前,需要迅速采取行动。新加坡没有限制车辆所有权或修建新道路,而是选择了行人较少的道路。政府投资了新技术以节省时间,并在高速公路上植入了光学感应闪光点,希望收费站(如果不是收费站)可以管理交通流量。自从这种变化以来,高峰时间变得更加昂贵,并且由于更多的汽车在非高峰时间行驶而变得更快。

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    《Upside》 |2001年第9期|p.60-6466|共6页
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    Eriq Gardner;

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    New York;

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  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 经济;
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