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.
我选了E，我感觉说私人汽车只占交通阻塞的20%是不是能说明私人汽车并不是导致交通阻塞的主因，而可能是公共交通不好，这样人们更多的转向bus反而进一步加重了阻塞。（是不是选项里的By people with in the city说得不对呢？）作者: rockstonexS 时间: 2011-8-2 20:44
选B
看题目问的是"Evidence that the mayor's reasoning is flawed" 而 Mayor
的reasoning是什么呢？是” Since the fee exceeds the round-trip bus
fare from many nearby points, many people will switch from using
B means the private car owners do not care that the money they spend on their cars. in other words, they are so rich that are willing to pay for anything for their trip including the high parking fees in the city.
it strongest undermines the mayor's proposal that congestion fee will cause commute costs increase then car owners will change their commute habit from driving to taking bus.
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