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Both the reading passage and the lecturer from the listening focus on whether the implementation of congestion pricing is beneficial or not. While the reading passage alleges that it is advantageous, providing three major benefits it offers, the lecturer counters to this opinion and refutes these benefits. To begin with, the lecturer believes that congestion pricing does not make the driving safer. According to the reading passage, congestion pricing aids the safety of the drivers by reducing the car accidents. This claim is supported by the study in Stockholm concluding that congestion pricing reduced the injury accidents by 10 percent. However, the lecturer insists that congestion pricing actually brings about the opposite outcome. To be specific, as the traffic volume as a whole is reduced, severe injuries are more likely to occur thanks to the higher velocity from the vehicles. According to the announcement by Australian government, the injuries doubled as the speed of the automobiles has increased in thirty percent. On top of that, the lecturer opposes to the view that applying congestion pricing makes public transportation more convenient. As stated in the reading passage, public transportations including buses are more likely to arrive exactly at the designated time as there are less cars on the road. In the example of London, the bus delays (the number of / the frequency of 로 꾸며주세요) have been reduced to about half of those prior to the application of congestion pricing. On the contrary, the lecturer suggests that the use of this method can yield in less convenience of public transportations in the long term. At times, the capacity of public transportation might be exceeded due to an increased use of it. Users might feel uncomfortable and be left to wait several buses as less room would be available. Finally, the lecturer goes against the positive impact of congestive pricing in businesses. In the article, the author proposes that local corporations might be burdened to pay the price resulting from severe traffic jams. Certain company in New York is supposed to lose billions of money as a result. In contrast, the lecturer explains that congestive pricing could be detrimental to the companies. According to the recent research done in London, people claimed that it was the congestive pricing that was accountable for the lagging sales in local businesses. In conclusion, the lecturer from the listening opposes to the three positive effects, which the reading passage suggests that congestive pricing provides. |