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All around the world, people are working hard to make theircites safer and more pleasant for pedestrians (行人). Cities havepainted crosswalks on their streets, made streets narrower, put in trafficlights and speed bumps (减速带) and madeplans to help more kids walk or bike to school.
Many people have learned from a man from Brisbane, Australia,named David Engwicht. His book Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns has a simplemessage . Kids playedthere, and neighbors stopped there to talk.
But now, streets are just for cars and trucks. People stayinside to get away from the noise and dangerous traffic, and we lose contactwith our neighbors . People needto take back their streets. Engwicht travels around the world, helping peoplethink differently about pedestrians, streets, and neighborhoods. . He has workedin neighborhoods from Honolulu to Scotland.
While Engwicht was writing his book, he learned how neighbors inthe city of Delft, in the Netherlands, stopped dangerous traffic on theirstreet. They put old couches, tables, and planters in the street. . When thepolice arrived, they saw how these illegal actions made the streets safer. Sooncity officials started planning ways to make cars slow down, and“calm”thetraffic.
Engwicht says we should think about streets as our “outdoorliving room”. .
In the future, streets will be safe places for children again,and our neighbors will become our friends.
a.Cars andpedestrians crowded the street.
b.Calming thetraffic is just the beginning.
c.Cars couldstill pass, but they had to drive slowly.
d.He says thatin the past, streets belonged to everybody.
e.It’shard to take measures to solve the traffic problems.
f.Besides hisbooks and articles, he gives many speeches.
g. Engwicht says that weshould use streets for more than just transportation.