精彩推薦：2009年雙語新聞十大看點

???????????????????英語點津2009年度十大新詞

??????????????????英語點津2009年度十大金曲

據一項最新調查顯示，北京人每天上下班花在路上的時間正在增加，而這主要是由路面上不斷在增加的機動車導致的。數據顯示，自2007年至今，北京市機動車增加了100萬輛，到12月25日，北京市機動車保有量已沖破400萬輛大關。由此帶來的直接影響是，北京人每天在上下班高峰期時花在路上的時間平均達到62.3分鐘，比2007年增加了7.3分鐘。《經濟學人》雜志上周公布的一項數據也表明，北京人花在上班路上的時間為42分鐘，居世界之首。有專家表示，不斷增加的機動車數量是以犧牲空氣質量和道路交通效率為代價的，并呼吁政府采取措施限制機動車數量的增加。

Beijingers waste seven more minutes on clogged roads each day compared with two years ago, a report said.

Beijingers waste seven more minutes on clogged roads each day compared with two years ago, a report said.

The time increase is directly linked to the city's soaring car population, which increased by one million during the same period, the biennial study on residents' mobility from Beijing-based Horizon Research said.

Beijing residents now spend an average of 62.3 minutes on daily commutes made during rush hour, an increase of 7.3 minutes from 2007, according to the study.

With no major traffic jams, residents still spent 40.1 minutes traveling to and from work everyday, said the survey, which will be officially released in January.

The study emphasizes the impact new cars on Beijing's roads is having on the daily lives of residents here, Horizon research director Zhang Hui said Thursday.

"The noteworthy result this year is more residents are concerned with the growing number of vehicles on the streets," Zhang said.

"A large group of them have urged authorities to restrict the car population."

The number of cars in Beijing hit a benchmark of four million last Friday, completing a record breaking leap of one million cars in less than three years. Transport policy experts have warned the explosion of car ownership is sacrificing both air quality and road efficiency in Beijing.

The Economist magazine reported last week that Chinese commuters now spend an average of 42 minutes going to work each day, the longest commute time for workers in the world.

More than 65 percent of the 1,510 respondents surveyed in seven major Chinese cities blame the overpopulation of vehicles, the Horizon study said. One third of respondents think measures should be taken to limit the growth of private car ownership.

Another 14 percent suggested controlling the increasing number of government vehicles.

Residents in car-filled cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, picked Beijing's traffic as the nation's worst in terms of time and money consumed, the study said.

Based on a calculation of Beijing residents' average monthly incomes, Horizon researchers determined traffic jams cost each Beijinger 335.6 yuan, the highest amount among the cities surveyed.

相關閱讀

通貨膨脹致北京生活費首超香港

北京出臺樓市新政刺激消費

中國崛起成10年來最受關注新聞

經濟趨平穩 感恩節出行增加

(China Daily)

（英語點津 Helen 編輯）