卢森堡成为全球首个公共交通免费国家_BEC初级作文

卢森堡成为全球首个公共交通免费国家

Taking up 2,586 square kilometers, Luxembourg is roughly the size of Rhode Island. From the capital of Luxembourg City, Belgium, France and Germany can all be reached by car in half an hour.

卢森堡占地2586平方公里，面积和美国罗德岛差不多大。卢森堡的首都卢森堡市距离比利时、法国和德国车程都在半小时内。

High housing costs, especially in Luxembourg City, mean more than 180,000 of its workforce commute from those neighboring countries every day.

该国，尤其是卢森堡市，高昂的住房成本意味着每天有超过18万员工从这些邻国通勤上班。

"Luxembourg is a very attractive place for jobs," explains Geoffrey Caruso, a professor at the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research specializing in land use and transportation.

卢森堡大学和卢森堡社会经济研究所专门从事土地利用和交通研究的教授杰弗里•卡鲁索解释说：“卢森堡是一个非常有吸引力的就业目的地。”

But its "booming economy" and high concentration of jobs have led to congestion issues, he says.

但他表示，卢森堡“蓬勃发展的经济”和就业的高度集中导致了交通拥堵问题。

In 2016, Luxembourg had 662 cars per 1,000 people, and driving is a "primary means of transportation" for commuters, according to a 2017 report by the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure.