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Bike share programs range from small, community-based programs that offer bikes for free use to larger, technology-based services that involve public and private partnerships. Whichever form, they share common goals: fewer traffic jams in large cities, more lasting means of transportation, improved safety of communities and better health for riders.
While many Europeans have relied on biking as a form of transportation for many years, bikes share programs were introduced in large cities of the U.S. to encourage non-bike riders to join along and make it convenient for people to get around town without having to worry about locking up their bike or maintaining it.
This original programs that offered free bikes were ruined by theft and vandalism(故意破坏), but newer technology has helped decrease crime. Most large programs have electronic cards, computer or telecommunication tracking, and a system that stores credit card information. Bikes are usually clearly designed or colored so they are immediately recognized and some have parts that won’t work on other bikes. With membership fees at usually around forty dollars every year, they are significantly cheaper than driving and public transportation.
In the United States, community bike programs have been around for years. Portland’s Yellow Bike Project started in 1994. SmartBike DC, which started in 2008, and over one hundred bikes spread around Washington, D.C. New York City has an experimental bike share program in the summer; Portland, Minneapolis, Arlington, San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago are all intending to start small bike share programs.
Colleges have also been interested in community bikes. At the University of New England, for instance, students are given a $260 bicycle, for free, in exchange for leaving their car at home with their parents. However, many have had to stop programs due to unreturned bikes and vandalism
Starting bike share programs isn’t easy. Even the large programs in Europe still face theft and vandalism, and ridership drops during the winter and maintenance fees can add up. One disadvantage in the U.S. is that many communities aren’t set up for biking; they’re set up for driving. Long travels and a lack of bike lanes can’t necessarily be solved with easy-to-access bikes. Yet for those cities that are relatively flat and crowded, bike share programs —and increased bike ridership in general — offer so many benefits you have to wonder if two wheels might be the ride of the future.
Title: Bike Share Program
Goals | ● To 71._____________ traffic jams in large cities ● To encourage more lasting means of transportation ● To improve safety of communities and riders’ health |
Measures | ● Most large programs have electronic cards, computer or telecommunication tracking, and a system 72._____________ credit card information. ● Bikes are usually clearly designed or colored, so they are easy to 73. _____________ and some have parts that won’t work on other bikes. |
74. _____________ | ●Portland’s Yellow Bike Project started in 1994 ● SmartBike DC started in 2008 ● New York City has an experimental bike share program in the summer ● The University of New England gives students a $260 bicycle free of 75. ______________ |
Advantages | ● It brings 76. _____________ to people getting around town without having to worry about locking up their bike or maintaining it ● Biking is not as expensive as driving and public transportation |
77._____________ | ● Bikes are not 78. __________, and they are often destroyed on purpose ● Fewer people ride bikes during the winter and maintenance fees can 79.___________. ● Many communities are set up for driving 80. ___________ of for biking |
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71. reduce 72. storing 73. recognize 74. Examples 75. charge
76. convenience 77. Disadvantages 78. returned 79. increase 80. instead
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