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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 385.

Exercise 2. Finish the statement according to the text read.

1) Transportation activities are important for the development of urban areas to international trade and have resulted in growing levels of motorization and congestion. So…

a) they support increasing mobility demands for passengers and freight.

b) the issue of transportation and the environment is paradoxical.

c) the transportation sector is global.

d) the environmental impact of transportation is negative.

2) Transportation activities are a dominant factor behind the emission of most pollutants and thus their impacts on the environment…

a) is generally clear and well understood.

b) often misunderstood and difficult to establish.

c) can be direct, indirect and cumulative.

d) people take into account.

3) Concept of sustainability requires a deep understanding of the influence between the physical environment and transport infrastructures. Thus…

a) the transportation sector is often subsidized by the public sector.

b) the main factors considered in the physical environment are geographical location, topography, geological structure, climate.

c) there is a risk that regulations will not be effectively complied to.

d) the relationships between transport and the environment are multidimensional.