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Some people
think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and
dirty air in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle.
In a great many cities,
hundreds of people ride bicycles to
work every day. In New York City,
some bicycle riders have even formed a
group called Bike for a Better City.
They claim that if more people rode bicycles
to work, there would be fewer automobiles in the business
section of the city, and therefore
less dirty air from car engines.
For several years
this group has been trying to get the
city government to help bicycle
riders. For example, they want the city
to draw special lanes --- for
bicycles only --- on some of the main
streets, because if bicycle riders
must use the same lanes as cars, there
are accidents. Bike for a Better City
feels that if there were special
lanes, more people would use bikes.
However no bicycle lanes have been
drawn. Not everyone thinks lanes are
a good idea. Taxi drivers do not like
the idea --- they say it will block
traffic. Some store owners on the main streets do not like
the idea --- they say that if there
is less traffic they will have less business.
And most people live too far from
downtown to travel by bike.
The city government
has not yet decided what to do. It
wants to keep everyone happy. On
Sundays Central Park --- the largest area of open ground in New
York --- is closed to traffic, and
the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Better City
says this is not enough and keeps fighting
to get bicycle lanes downtown.
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