由于机动车与自行车和行人争抢，一些城市的交通实际上陷入了停顿。

Movement in some cities comes to a virtual standstill as motorized traffic competes with bicycles and pedestrians.

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在绝大部分地区，自行车在法律上与机动车一样，需要遵守机动车在道路上的所有法规，比如遵守交通信号和交通灯。

In most areas, bikes are legally considered as vehicles and must obey all the laws that apply to vehicles in the roadway such as obeying traffic signs and lights.

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二十世纪后半叶，当机动车被作为北美城市的主导交通工具，自行车、行人和骑马者寻求远离噪音和尾气的途径。

In the second half of the twentieth century, as the automobile assumed almost total domination of North American cities, bicycles, pedestrians and equestrians sought escape from the noise and fumes.

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