Simply replacing bicycles with cars in a city does not make it modern. The people within must have their basic travel and transport needs met appropriately.

如果单单是把汽车换成自行车可能让城市显得没那么有现代感，人们基本的出行交通还是要得到保障的。

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The claims for it may be extravagant: the city will, it is said, be self-sufficient in energy and water, green with parks, silent with electric cars and utterly in harmony with nature.

据称，该城市将实现用水自足，能源自足，大范围的公园绿化，还将使用电动车以降低噪音，实现与自然的和谐共处。

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This year, for the first time, the city slapped a quota on the number of vehicles that can be registered, cutting the number of its newly added cars by nearly 70 percent compared with 2010 levels.

今年，这个城市第一次对登记买车的数量进行配额限制，相比2010年的水平将新车拥有量下调了70%。

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Situated on the Chao Phraya River, the city vibrates with endless traffic jams, as tuk tuks, cars and buses fill the roads daily.

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Because Beijing already requires that all cars being sold in the city meet Euro V emission standards, with other cities following suit, passenger cars are not really the problem.

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But with cars already clogging the city, a major transport overhaul is essential.

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