The rise of bike-share programs like Nice Ride is prompting more people than ever to choose biking over driving.Quickly increasing gas prices and concerns about the environment have also made people to dust off their bike helmets,pump air into flat tires,and hit the road.
Why ride?Not only is biking good exercise,but switching from a car to a bike also reduces the amount of pollution in the air.Carbon dioxide,a greenhouse gas linked to climate change,is one of the many polluting substances that come out of a car’s tailpipe.“If you replace a car trip with a bicycle trip,you’re reducing a pound of carbon dioxide for every mile traveled,”says Carl Sundstrom of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center in North Carolina.
Bike-share systems are found around the world in cities like London,Paris,Barcelona,and Melbourne.The largest program—with 70,000 bikes,is in Wuhan,China.To make roads friendlier to non-motorists,the US Department of Transportation has invested more than a billion dollars in cycling projects in recent years.The money went toward building thousands of miles of on-street bike lanes.
【语篇导读】美国城市刮起自行车共用计划新风潮。骑行既环保又能锻炼身体。
39What do we know about the Nice Ride bikes?
A.They are designed with a certain logo.
B.They are used for free to the members.
C.They are parked in the library.
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