Marty Markowitz's worst nightmare may be coming true: New York City is becoming an increasingly two-wheeled town. (Marty, we kid!)
约市布鲁克林区区长马蒂•马科维茨(Marty Markowitz)可能要"恶梦成真"了：纽约市正在逐渐变成两个轮子上的城市。（马蒂，我们是开玩笑的！）
A report released Monday by a cycling advocacy group said that the number of New Yorkers who used a bicycle on a daily basis climbed by 28% to 236,000 last year.
一个倡导骑车的组织周一在报告中说，把自行车作为日常出行工具的纽约人去年增加了28%，至23.6万人。
The report released by the Manhattan-based Transportation Alternatives said 2009 marked the city's fourth straight annual increase in biking. The group reports that 60% of bike trips ended below 59th Street in Manhattan, followed by 15% in Brooklyn and 13% in Queens.
位于曼哈顿的另类交通协会(Transportation Alternatives)在报告中说，2009年，纽约市的骑车人数量连续第四年增加。该组织公布说，有60%的骑车旅程是在曼哈顿第59街以南，有15%在布鲁克林区，13%在皇后区。
More and better bike lanes have propelled the rise in cycling, the group said.
该组织说，更多、更好的自行车道推动了骑车出行的兴起。
Last year, the city created close to 89 miles of bike lanes in areas such as Columbus Circle in Manhattan, Sands Street in DUMBO and Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, said Wiley Norvell, a spokesperson for Transportation Alternatives. In December of last year, the city also passed a law intended to expand the number of secure parking spaces for bikes. (An added plus for cyclists: Since March, Google Maps has been offeringbicycle directions in New York, among other cities).
另类交通协会发言人诺威尔(Wiley Norvell)说，去年，纽约市在曼哈顿的哥伦布圆环(Columbus Circle)、布鲁克林区北部的Sands Street和威廉斯堡的肯特大道(Kent Avenue)等地区修建了近89英里的自行车道。去年12月，纽约市还通过了一项旨在扩大保安良好的自行车停车区域的法律。（对骑车人的另外一个有利方面是：自3月份以来，谷歌地图(Google Maps)开始提供纽约等城市的自行车骑行路线。）
'More New Yorkers are moving on bikes today than will ride the first phase of the Second Avenue subway,' said Paul Steely White, the group's executive director.
该组织执行董事怀特(Paul Steely White)说，如今骑车出行的纽约人比乘坐第二大道地铁线(Second Avenue)第一路段的人多。
In some cases, the city's expansion has come with its share of conflict. At least one future bike lane expansionproject is already hotly argued. And many cyclists' habit of ignoring traffic laws drives more than a few people crazy.
在一些情况下，纽约市的扩张相应伴随着冲突。至少有一个未来自行车道扩建项目已经成为热议的话题。很多骑车人忽视交通法规的习惯让许多人都很抓狂。
Still, riding a bike 'is something people are legit proud of,' said Norvell. 'It's not just men in Spandex anymore.'
诺威尔说，尽管如此，骑车是人们可以公开感到自豪的事情了，骑车出行不再像穿紧身衣的男人那么奇怪了。
Bucking the trend is the city's population of bike messengers. From 1990 to 2005, the number of messengers in New York fell from 7,000 to 2,500, the report said. It did not include 2010 figures, but industry experts said the number of messengers has been dwindling for some time, due to the rise of the Internet and digital delivery. The economic downturn may have also accelerated that process.
与潮流背道而驰的是纽约市自行车邮递员的数量。该报告说，从1990年至2005年，纽约市的邮递员从7,000人减少到2,500人。这不包括2010年的数据，不过行业专家说，邮递员的数量已经持续下滑了一段时间，原因是互联网和数字投递的兴起。经济低迷也可能加快了这个过程。
R.M. Schneiderman
- transportation [,trænspɔ:´teiʃən]
n.运输；运送；运费 (初中英语单词) - annual [´ænjuəl] a.每年的 n.年刊 (初中英语单词)
- columbus [kə´lʌmbəs] n.哥伦布 (初中英语单词)
- circle [´sə:kəl] n.圆圈 v.环绕；盘旋 (初中英语单词)
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- conflict [´kɔnflikt, kən´flikt] n.&vi.战斗；抵触 (初中英语单词)
- project [prə´dʒekt, ´prɔdʒekt] v.设计；投掷 n.计划 (初中英语单词)
- traffic [´træfik] n.交通，运输 (初中英语单词)
- bicycle [´baisik(ə)l] n.自行车 (高中英语单词)
- expand [ik´spænd] vt.张开；膨胀；扩大 (高中英语单词)
- offering [´ɔfəriŋ] n.提供；礼物；捐献 (高中英语单词)
- expansion [ik´spænʃən] n.扩大；膨胀；发展 (高中英语单词)
- delivery [di´livəri] n.送交；分娩；交货 (高中英语单词)
- nightmare [´naitmeə] n.梦魇；恶梦 (英语四级单词)
- increasingly [in´kri:siŋli] ad.日益，愈加 (英语四级单词)
- manhattan [mæn´hætən] n.曼哈顿 (英语四级单词)
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