Shanghai says bye-bye to bikes. (The Beat).As taxis, buses, and private cars congest con·gest v. To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in a vessel or an organ. estrogens, conjugated Warning - Hazardous drug! C.E.S. roadways and contribute C[O.sub.2] and hydrocarbon emissions to the heavy haze hovering over Chinese cities, bicycles--once omnipresent om·ni·pres·ent adj. Present everywhere simultaneously. [Medieval Latin omnipres throughout China--are being treated in Shanghai as traffic-snarling nuisances. Bicycles have been banned on 54 major thoroughfares, and no bicycle-friendly routes have been provided into Pudong, the city's newly built financial and industrial center. No Bike signs, stringent traffic fines, and planned subway lines, including the world's first high-speed magnetic levitation magnetic levitation or maglev (măg`lĕv), support and propulsion of objects or vehicles by the use of magnets. The magnets provide support without contact or friction, allowing for fast, quiet operation. rail system, are part of a plan launched in 2001 to reduce bicycle use by 25% by 2005. The number of motor vehicles is expected to quadruple by 2020 in this city where traffic growth and related N[O.sub.x] emissions contributed to an 83% increase in avoidable respiratory disease Noun 1. respiratory disease - a disease affecting the respiratory system respiratory disorder, respiratory illness adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, wet lung, white lung - acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the cases between 1990 and 1998. |
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