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by ketkoag » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:59 am
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

what's wrong with E.. if the private vehicles are only 20 percent then the plan will not work in reducing the traffic congestion.
please elaborate..
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Re: traffic

by Vemuri » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:43 am
IMO B. The cost of parking fees is already so high to discourage private vehicles into the the city than to take a bus. Applying a $5 per day fee is not going to make much of a difference.

E looked attractive when I first glanced at the answer choices, but if you look at it closely, it says that the 20% of city traffic congestion is contributed by people living within the city, not by people entering the city.

I hope B is the OA.

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by sudeep_ar » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:41 am
Definitely B..
As explained by vemuri

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by gmatstud » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:10 am
IMO also B.

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Re: traffic

by ketkoag » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:14 am
Vemuri wrote:IMO B. The cost of parking fees is already so high to discourage private vehicles into the the city than to take a bus. Applying a $5 per day fee is not going to make much of a difference.

E looked attractive when I first glanced at the answer choices, but if you look at it closely, it says that the 20% of city traffic congestion is contributed by people living within the city, not by people entering the city.

I hope B is the OA.
OMG, how could i miss that!!!!! thanks vemuri for pointing it out.

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by nicolette » Sun May 15, 2016 2:44 pm
In my opinion B is the most logical one