民意考量顯示 城市交通影響宜居程度

More than 75 percent of Chinese people surveyed said they consider traffic the most important factor in creating livable cities.

我國超過75%的受訪者表示，他們認爲交通是建設宜居城市最重要的因素。

According to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily, more than 85 percent of 2,003 respondents said they are concerned about building livable cities, and in addition to transportation, they also stressed a clean environment and safe communities.

《中國青年報》進行的一項調查顯示，在2003名受訪者中，逾85%的人表示他們關注宜居城市建設，除了交通，他們還強調幹淨的環境和安全的社區的重要性。

Nearly 60 percent of respondents were satisfied with the living conditions in their cities. However, about 14 percent expressed discontent.

近60%的受訪者對所在城市的居住條件感到滿意。不過，約14%的受訪者表示不滿意。

Air quality and traffic congestion were among the biggest complaints that respondents said need to be improved. They also wanted improvements to drinking water quality, housing and public health conditions.

受訪者抱怨最多的是空氣質量、交通擁堵等，他們表示這些方面需要改善。他們還希望飲用水質量、住房、公共衛生條件方面能有所改善。

The respondents also called for better shopping amenities, medical services and education.

受訪者還呼籲對購物便利設施、醫療服務和教育進行改善。

For the urban working class, personal development and career opportunities were among the most important concerns, and daily stress may affect their feelings about urban livability, the newspaper quoted Lv Bin, professor at the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University, as saying.

該報援引北京大學城市與環境科學學院呂斌教授的話稱，對於城市工薪階層來說，個人發展和職業機遇是最關注的問題，而生活的壓力會影響他們對城市宜居性的偏好。

Prof. Lv said cities should be designed better and industries need to be adjusted for green development.

呂斌教授表示，城市應該被規劃得更好，而行業需要調整爲綠色發展。