学术高级英语：越来越少的人使用公共交通了吗？

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Public transport is declining (下降，衰退) in many wealthy(=rich富有的) cities. Blame(责怪) remote working(远程工作), Uber, cheap car loans(汽车贷款) and the internet.

The American Public Transportation Association’s (美国公共交通协会) figures show that the number of journeys in the country as a whole (总体) has fallen in each of the past three years. In 2016-17 every kind of mass public transport(大运输量的公共交通) became less busy: buses, subways, commuter(每天长途上班的人) trains and trams(电车). 

New Yorkers took 2.8% fewer weekday trips on public transport and 4.2% fewer weekend trips in the 12 months to April 2018, compared with the previous(以前的)year. In Chicago and Washington, DC, the decline in public-transport trips has been even steeper(陡峭的，急剧升降的).