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(4)Recently, you can often see people cruising by on a yellow bike with a smile logo on it. It is a Smart Bike program called “U-Bike” rental system launched by the Taipei City government. According to statistics, more than 300 cities around the world, such as Montreal, Boston, and Washington, DC, have implemented public bike shares.Public Bike Systems (PBS, also called Bike Sharing and Community Bike Programs) provide convenient rental bicycles intended for short (less than 5 kilometers) urban trips. A typical Public Bike System consists of a fleet of bicycles, a network of automated stations (also called points) where bikes are stored, and bike redistribution and maintenance programs. Bikes may be rented at one station and returned to another. Stations with automated self-service docking systems that accommodate 5-20 bikes are located at major destinations and transportation centers, spaced about 300m apart. Use is free or inexpensive for short periods (typically first 30 minutes). This allows urban residents and visitors to use bicycles without needing to purchase, store and maintain one.Early Public Bike Systems were largely funded through donations or donations of old bikes. However, in the late 1990s, two global advertising competitors, JCDecaux and Clear Channel, began providing PBS in exchange for advertising rights on the bikes and stations, as they previously did with other street furniture such as bus benches and shelters. Public Bike Systems are generally implemented in conjunction with Bicycle Improvements and Nonmotorized Transportation Encouragement programs in order to minimize problems (such as conflicts and accidents) and increase their effectiveness.PBSs provide many benefits. They offer convenient mobility for many types of urban trips, provide healthy exercise, and by reducing automobile travel they can help reduce traffic congestion, road and parking facility costs, consumer costs, energy consumption and pollution emissions. There is debate concerning their overall safety impacts. For example, cycling crashes may increase, particularly when programs are first introduced. Nevertheless, this tends to be offset by reducing risk to other road users and increasing drivers’ awareness of cyclists, and possibly by putting more investments in cycling facilities over the long run.
58. Which in the following is NOT a benefit of Public Bike Systems?
(A) Increasing road safety.
(B) Providing healthy exercise.
(C) Promoting environmental protection.
(D) Reducing road and parking facility costs.

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答案：A
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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