To be honest, I had expected getting around Los Angeles by bike and public transportation to be a barely tolerable chore — a money-saving second-best way to see the city.

老实说，我原来还以为通过自行车和公共交通来周游洛杉矶是一件难以忍受的琐事——一种为了省钱才退而求其次的旅游方式。

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As a result, American cities are now struggling to install energy-saving mass transportation in their dispersed, suburban layouts.

因此，美国正积极在分散的郊区规划中配置大量节能的公共交通运输系统。

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Users of improved highways benefit from decreased cost of transportation, greater travel comfort, increased safety, and saving of time.

改善了的公路的使用者从减少的运输成本、更舒适的旅行、增加的安全感、和节约时间中得到好处。

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Among the energy-saving options, two promising technology switches are the electrification of transportation (electric vehicles can be about four times as energy-efficient as standard fossil-fuel vehicles) and the use of electric-powered heat pumps to deliver winter heating and hot water (heat pumps can be four times as energy-efficient as standard heaters).

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Mr. Donohue has worked for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for three years and was awarded a commendation earlier this year for saving a life, according to transit spokesman Joe Pesaturo.

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The Department of Transportation took a hard look and recently eliminated over 32 million annual forms, thus saving tens of millions of dollars in costs annually while also eliminating 1.6 million hours that truck drivers spend on administrative work each year.

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