A certain mayor has proposed a fee of five dollars per day on private vehicles entering the city, claiming that the fee will alleviate the city’s traffic congestion. The mayor reasons that, since the fee will exceed the cost of round-trip bus fare from many nearby points, many people will switch from using their cars to using the bus.

Which of the following statements, if true, provides the best evidence that the mayor’s reasoning is flawed?

(A) Projected increases in the price of gasoline will increase the cost of taking a private vehicle into the city.

(B) The cost of parking fees already makes it considerably more expensive for most people to take a private vehicle into the city than to take a bus.

(C) Most of the people currently riding the bus do not own private vehicles.

(D) Many commuters opposing the mayor’s plan have indicated that they would rather endure traffic congestion than pay a five-dollar-per day fee.

(E) During the average workday, private vehicles owned and operated by people living within the city account for twenty percent of the city’s traffic congestion.

答案是B。

可是D为什么不对呢？OG的解释我有点不太明白。

谢谢！

B说considerably more expensive都不能让开car的人换bus，再加5元进车费影响也不大

D  endure traffic congestion 和 pay a five-dollar-per day fee 其实是同类人，有什么好比的，都是开Car的人啊，而并不是在这两种当中有个选择

我的理解：D的意思：反对市长计划的乘公车者认为他们宁愿忍受交通拥挤也不愿交五元的费用。

市长的计划是让开私车的人因为费用提高而放弃开车使用公共交通，而D说的是本来就已经使用公共交通的人，所以是无关选项。