A certain mayor has proposed a fee of five dollars per day on private vehicles entering the city, claiming that the fee will alleviate the city's traffic congestion. The mayor reasons that, since the fee will exceed the cost of round-trip bus fare from many nearby points, many people will switch from using their cars to using the bus.
Which of the following statements, if true, provides the best evidence that the mayor's reasoning is flawed?
(A) Projected increases in the price of gasoline will increase the cost of taking a private vehicle into the city.
(B) The cost of parking fees already makes it considerably more expensive for most people to take a private vehicle into the city than to take a bus.
(C) Most of the people currently riding the bus do not own private vehicles.
(D) Many commuters opposing the mayor's plan have indicated that they would rather endure traffic congestion than pay a five-dollar-per day fee.
(E) During the average workday, private vehicles owned and operated by people living within the city account for twenty percent of the city's traffic congestion.
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Option A - INCORRECT.
The mayor's reasoning is not based on the increase in price of gasoline, therefore this option is invalid.
Option B - CORRECT.
This option is most suitable to consider in accrediting the flaws in the mayor's reasoning . Since there is an allocated fee of $5 per day on private vehicle then there will be no alleviation on the cities traffic congestion because, apparently people will prefer to pay for public transport rather than pay a levy that is higher than the budgeted amount on transport per day. However the mayor's reason is flawed by thinking this imposed levy will cause an increase in the city traffic congestion, but rather it will reduce it.
Option C - INCORRECT.
If this option is right to be assumed as the mayor's reason for the levy then he is wrong to assume that. The statement here means that most people entering public bus does not have a car, so who is going to pay for the levy supposed to create traffic congestion?
Option D - INCORRECT.
This statement is confusing because, the levy was made for the supposed car owners who are assumed to be able to afford it and therefor cause traffic congestion and not the commuters who already are public transport boarders.
Option E - INCORRECT.
This statement would have been an option but it is in support of the mayor's statement and also against the reason why the proposed levy was laid on car owners.
The mayor's reasoning is not based on the increase in price of gasoline, therefore this option is invalid.
Option B - CORRECT.
This option is most suitable to consider in accrediting the flaws in the mayor's reasoning . Since there is an allocated fee of $5 per day on private vehicle then there will be no alleviation on the cities traffic congestion because, apparently people will prefer to pay for public transport rather than pay a levy that is higher than the budgeted amount on transport per day. However the mayor's reason is flawed by thinking this imposed levy will cause an increase in the city traffic congestion, but rather it will reduce it.
Option C - INCORRECT.
If this option is right to be assumed as the mayor's reason for the levy then he is wrong to assume that. The statement here means that most people entering public bus does not have a car, so who is going to pay for the levy supposed to create traffic congestion?
Option D - INCORRECT.
This statement is confusing because, the levy was made for the supposed car owners who are assumed to be able to afford it and therefor cause traffic congestion and not the commuters who already are public transport boarders.
Option E - INCORRECT.
This statement would have been an option but it is in support of the mayor's statement and also against the reason why the proposed levy was laid on car owners.
