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山东省淄博市高三英语第一次模拟考试试卷(音频暂未更新)
With 17 million residents and 23 million bicycles, the Netherlands already has more bikes than people..
The Dutch government recently announced that it will invest $ 390 million in cycling infrastructure to get 200, 000 more people commuting(通勤)by bike in three years time. Fifteen routes will be developed into “cyclist freeways”, 25, 000 bike parking spaces will be created and more than 60 bike storage facilities will be upgraded.
“,”says Stientje van Veldhoven, state secretary for that department, who is spearheading the project.
It's not that people aren't already cycling in the Netherlands. In 2016, over a quarter of all trips made by Dutch residents were by bike. But only 25%of those trips were work—related, compared to 37%which were made for leisure. .
According to van Veldhoven, more than 50%of people in the Netherlands live less than 15 kilometers from work, and more than half of commuters car trips are under 7.5 kilometers long—a distance that “can easily be covered by bike, ”she says.
. The Netherlands currently rewards commuting cyclists with tax credits of $0.22 per kilometer. Companies and employees would agree on the distance of a person's cycling route.
However, this is currently a little—known benefit not supported by many employers, according to the infrastructure ministry. That's something the government is hoping to change by better promoting the scheme and getting more companies on board. . The government is urging employers to provide better facilities for commuting cyclists, such as showers at the office, according to the ministry.
A. The rest were for school, shopping, or other activities
B. To get people to ditch their cars, money is being laid on the table
C. Now, it wants to get even more cyclists on the roads—and will pay people to do it
D. Today the Netherlands is known for its cycling culture, but that hasn't always been the case
E. My ambition is to ensure that people can easily get to work or school, or visit family and friends
F. The Netherlands is now one of the few countries that takes cycling seriously as a mode of transportation
G. There are already 11 major employers in the Netherlands committing to measures such as financing employees' bikes
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