One way of reducing commuting time for those who work in cities is to increase the speed at which trafic moves in the heart of the city. This can be accomplished by raising the tolls on the tunnels and bridges connecting the city with other communities. This will discourage auto traffic into the city and will encourage people to use public transportation instead.
Which of the following, if true, would LEAST weaken the arguement above?
a. nearly all of the traffic in the center of the city is commercial trafic which will continue despite toll increase
b some people now driving alone into the city would choose to car-pool with each other rather than use public transportation
c. any temporary improvement in traffic flow would be lost because the improvement itself would attract more cars
d the number of commuters who would be deterred by the toll increases would be insignificant
e. the public transportation system is not able to handle any significant increase in the number of commuters using the system
Which of the following, if true, would LEAST weaken the arguement above?
a. nearly all of the traffic in the center of the city is commercial trafic which will continue despite toll increase
b some people now driving alone into the city would choose to car-pool with each other rather than use public transportation
c. any temporary improvement in traffic flow would be lost because the improvement itself would attract more cars
d the number of commuters who would be deterred by the toll increases would be insignificant
e. the public transportation system is not able to handle any significant increase in the number of commuters using the system
