some phrases related to transportation

1. congestion pricing 高峰期行車收費(fèi)
2. crammed = full of things or people be crammed with
3. release tolling (通行費(fèi)） scenarios （方案，設(shè)想） 公布通行費(fèi)方案
4. ravamp 改進(jìn)外觀，翻新

Some collocations

1. one tried and true method 一種行之有效的方法
2. fizzzle out = to gradually become less successful and end in a disappointing way 虎頭蛇尾
3. stall 暫緩，擱置 eg, stall for more than a decade
4. on the horizon = likely to happen soon, 很有可能發(fā)生 eg, a launch is on the horizon.
5. badly needs 急切需要
6. Jammed down the throat n 卡在喉嚨里出不來， 指法案無法通過
7. liken sth/ sb to sth/sb 把什么比作什么 liken congestion pricing to double taxation for drivers.
8. appals = shock 驚駭，使大為震驚
9. think-tank 智囊團(tuán)，專家小組（政治經(jīng)濟(jì)社會(huì)領(lǐng)域的）
10. chock-a-block 水泄不通

Nice sentence

1. Charing will discourage people from diving into crammed mid-town and down-town Manhattan, and help fund improvements to public transport.
2. In Singapore, London and Stockholm, which set up zones in 1975, 2003, and 2006 respectively, charing has cut traffic by about a quarter.
3. The law grants exceptions to emergency vehicles, people with disabilities and households in the zone whose income is $ 60,000 or less.
4. Congestion would shave $ 100 billion off the economy of the city and its suburbs.
5. New Yorkers forgo on average 102 hours a year due to traffic, or $ 16,00 in lost productivity.
6. Many people rely on cars because the borough(自治鎮(zhèn)） is poorly served by public transport. 公共交通無法到達(dá)的城鎮(zhèn)。
7. The area is plagued( =cause pain or trouble to sb/sth over a period of time) by air pollution and high asthma(哮喘） rates.
8. If the aim is to reduce congestion by getting more public transport, over night hours - when commuter lines to the suburs do not run - should be free. 我的理解是，如果這項(xiàng)舉措的目的是減少擁堵并鼓勵(lì)人們多搭乘交通工具，那么這個(gè)夜間的交通線路（地鐵不運(yùn)行的時(shí)候）應(yīng)該免費(fèi)。
9. Pricing works best if it can be easily adjusted.