雙語發現：北京上班路上用時大揭秘

　　Beijingers waste seven more minutes on clogged roads each day compared with two years ago, a report said。

　　The time increase is directly linkedto the city's soaring car population, which increased by one millionduring the same period, the biennial study on residents' mobility fromBeijing-based Horizon Research said。

　　Beijing residents now spend an averageof 62.3 minutes on daily commutes made during rush hour, an increase of7.3 minutes from 2007, according to the study。

　　With no major traffic jams, residentsstill spent 40.1 minutes traveling to and from work everyday, said thesurvey, which will be officially released in January。

　　The study emphasizes the impact newcars on Beijing's roads is having on the daily lives of residents here,Horizon research director Zhang Hui said Thursday。

　　"The noteworthy result this year ismore residents are concerned with the growing number of vehicles on thestreets," Zhang said。

　　"A large group of them have urged authorities to restrict the car population."

　　The number of cars in Beijing hit abench mark of four million last Friday, completing a record breakingleap of one million cars in less than three years. Transport policyexperts have warned the explosion of car ownership is sacrificing bothair quality and road efficiency in Beijing。

　　The Economist magazine reported lastweek that Chinese commuters now spend an average of 42 minutes going towork each day, the longest commute time for workers in the world。

　　More than 65 percent of the 1,510 respondents surveyed in seven major Chinese cities blame the overpopulation of vehicles, the Horizon study said. One third of respondents think measures should be taken to limit the growth of private car ownership。

　　Another 14 percent suggested controlling the increasing number of government vehicles。

　　Residents in car-filled cities,including Beijing, Shanghai and Guang zhou, picked Beijing's traffic asthe nation's worst in terms of time and money consumed, the study said。

　　Based on a calculation of Beijingresidents' average monthly incomes, Horizon researchers determined traffic jams cost each Beijinger 335.6 yuan, the highest amount amongthe cities surveyed。