42. Crowdingon Mooreviile's subway frequentlyleads to delays, because it is difficult for passengers toexit from the trains. Subway ridership isprojected to increase by 20 percent over the next 10 years. TheMooreville Transit Authorityplans to increase the number of daily train trips by only 5 percent over thesame period. Officials predictthat this increase is sufficient to ensure that the incidence of delaysdue to crowding does not increase. Which of the following, if true, provides thestrongest grounds for the officials' prediction?
(A) Bychanging maintenance schedules, the Transit Authority can achieve the 5 percent increase in traintrips without purchasing any new subway cars.
(B) TheTransit Authority also plans a 5 percent increase in the number of bus trips on routes that connect to subways. (C) For mostcommuters who use the subway system, there is no practical alternative public transportation available.
(D) Most of the projected increase in ridership is expected to occur in off-peak hours when trains are now sparsely used.
(E) The 5percent increase in the number of train trips can be achieved without an equal increase in Transit Authority operational costs.
翻看了以前的讨论，大家的思路我明白： subway的人拥挤导致赶train的人delay，所以政府扩大subway的乘客量20%，必然会导致拥挤的加剧。然而train trip的数量仅仅增加5%，为什么不会让delay增加 答案：计划扩大的乘客量是在train的低峰期，也就是train人少的时候，这时候train trip增加5% over the same period，所以delay一定不会增加
可是我不能理解这句话（打死我吧。。） Crowdingon Mooreviile's subway frequently leads to delays, because it is difficult for passengers to exit from the trains. 照大家的理解是先坐subway，再坐trains，是subway的拥挤导致了train的delay 可是这里。。because it is difficult for passengers to exit from the trains。。好像是先坐trains再坐subway啊。。。。那以上推理不就不成立了？
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