As late as the 1950s, a large percentage of the American public used mass transit.
直到20世纪50年代,大部分美国公众还在使用公共交通工具。
The president wants to spend $105 billion over the next five years to improve the nation's motorways and mass transit systems.
总统要在今后五年花费1千零50亿美元来改善该国的公路和公共交通系统。
Better design and wiser use of both mass transit systems and private vehicles will play an important part in helping America get more out of energy used for transportation.
对公共交通系统和私人汽车进行更好的设计及更合理的使用,会在帮助美国交通获得更多可用能量上发挥重要作用。
Mass transit lines converged at both sides of the East river, disgorging thousands of travellers onto already packed streetcars or teeming sidewalks.
大量的交通线路在东河的两岸汇聚,将成千的路人挤入本来就很拥挤不堪的路面电车和人行道。
Badgers are blamed for bovine TB, while the mass transit of infectious cattle is overlooked.
獾被说成是牛结核病的元凶,而受感染的病牛的大规模运输却被忽略不提。
I exchanged my coveted parking spot at work for a free gym membership and five monthly round-trip passes on Atlanta's mass transit system.
我用梦寐以求的停车位换来了健身俱乐部免费的会员和五次每月往返经过亚特兰大交通系统的执照。
The project would also improve the quality of city mass transit by creating exclusive bus lanes, improving maintenance, and adding more bus stops.
该项目还将通过设立公共汽车专用道,改善养护和增加公共汽车站等方式提高城市公共交通的质量。
When gas prices rose dramatically in 2008, Americans began flocking to mass transit in droves, resulting in declining revenues for the Federal Highway Trust Fund.
当2008年油价急剧上涨时,美国人成群结队地开始集体运输。这导致了联邦公路信托基金收益的减少。
Or, simply explore a great city with mass transit and foot-friendly neighborhoods — such as New York city, Chicago, or San Francisco.
或者,在交通工具发达、徒步方便的大城市探索——诸如纽约、芝加哥或旧金山。
Take mass transit. The Obama stimulus would designate a chunk of money for the upgrading or expansion of mass transit systems, in part through the purchase of new subway and light rail cars.
以公共交通为例,奥巴马的刺激计划将提供公共交通系统升级和扩大的资金,用于购买新地铁车厢和轻轨车厢。
They are banned on Singapore’s Mass Transit System (there are even No Durian signs there!).
这种水果被禁止在新加坡的公共车上(那里甚至张贴了禁止携带榴莲的标志)。
Bike riding and mass transit greatly limits our ability to roam, so I rent a car to allow us flexibility.
自行车和公共交通限制了我们的闲逛,所以我租了一辆车,能够让我们的更加灵活出行。
Even without a car, you can do everything you need using bikes, walking and mass transit, especially if you reduce your needs.
就算没有车,你可以骑单车,步行或者使用公共交通做任何你想做的事,尤其当你减少你的需求的时候。
Colombia's mass transit system has been recognized as an international best practice and replicated in cities across the region, from Mexico City to Santiago and Lima.
哥伦比亚的公共交通系统被视为国际最佳实践,在该地区从墨西哥城到圣地亚哥到利马的许多城市被复制。
I often thought, how could I give up my car in a city with minimal mass transit and an area that encompasses 131 square miles?
我常常想,我怎么能够在一个拥有最少公共交通和拥有131平方英里的城市放弃使用汽车呢?
For example, central London's Congestion Charging Zone is intended to encourage more use of mass transit.
例如,伦敦市中心的拥挤收费区的建立就在于鼓励更多地使用公共交通。
Mass transit reduces traffic congestion and the pollution it generates.
公共交通减少了交通拥挤和由此产生的污染。
We can even leave the car at home and in many parts of the country switch to mass transit.
在全国的很多地方我们甚至可以把汽车留在家里转乘公共交通工具。
The index assessed sustainability in 112 cities by looking at 18 environmental indicators — from air pollution to waste recycling to mass transit — for the years 2004-2008.
该指数通过观察2004-2008年的18项环境指标评估112座城市的可持续性,这些指标包括空气污染、污水回收利用、公共交通等。
I love walking tremendously (I can walk anywhere in the city), but I also love the mass transit... for the lessons it has taught my family.
我非常喜欢步行(我可以步行至这个城市内的所有地方),但我也喜欢公共交通……它给我们家上了几课。
Much like mass transit itself, the bench represents thousands of different journeys converging into a single moment.
这张地铁卡的椅子将数万段不同的旅程结合在一起,这一点很像地铁交通本身。
I also asked for more money for roads, Bridges, mass transit, high-tech information systems, and environmental cleanups to increase productivity and employment.
我还要求增加公路、桥梁、公共交通、高科技信息系统和环境清理方面的投入,以提高生产率并增加工作岗位。
They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers start building only cars and mass transit that reduce our dependency on oil.
他们本来可以用拯救贷款交换汽车业今后只生产不依赖石油的轿车和公共交通工具。
Many of us then commute to our jobs, which puts additional stress on us due to traffic, or mass transit crowd, or just the frustration of "wasted" time.
在上班途中,阻塞的交通,拥挤的人群,甚至仅仅因为在此“浪费”的时间而感到的沮丧,都让我们压力倍增。
This great, vast manufacturing network can redeem itself by building mass transit and electric/hybrid cars, and the kind of transportation we need for the 21st century.
这套巨大的制造系统网络应该通过制造公交设备和电动车、混合动力车以及各种我们21世纪需要的交通工具来替自己赎罪。
But several new technologies and practices can make subways and mass-transit stations significantly safer, experts say.
但是专家说,几种新技术和做法能使地铁和公交车站的安全性大幅改善。
But several new technologies and practices can make subways and mass-transit stations significantly safer, experts say.
但是专家说,几种新技术和做法能使地铁和公交车站的安全性大幅改善。
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