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OG-120题 according to the Tristate Transportation Authority,making certain improvements to the main commuter rail line would invrease ridership dramatically.The authority plans to finance the improvements by raising automobile tolls on the two highway bridges along the route the rail line serves.Although the proposed improvements are indeed needed,the authority's plan for securing the necessary funds should be rejected because it would unfairly force drivers to absorb the entire cost of sth from which they receive no benefit.
Which of the following, if true, would provide the authority with the strongest counter to the objection that its plan is unfair? A) Even with the proposed toll increase, the average bridge toll in the tristate region would remain less than the tolls charged in neighboring states. B) Any attempt to finance the improvements by raising rail fares would result in a decrease in ridership and so would be self-defeating. C ) Automobile commuters benefit from well-maintained bridges,and in the tristate region bridge maintenance is funded out of general income tax to which both automobile and rail commuters contribute.
D) The roads along the route served by the rail line are highly comgested and drivers benefit when commuters are diverted from congested roadways to mass transit.
E) The only alternative way of funding the proposed improvements now being considered is through a regional income tax surcharge, which would affect automobile commuters and rail commuters alike. The correct answer is D.
C始终是在强调用general income tax revenues 来支付这笔维修费用，而这笔费用是由automobile and rail commuters 共同支付的。 说道底还是用general income tax revenues的钱而非文中说的bridge toll的钱。
这道题所阐述的一切关系都是建立在by using the bridge toll的基础上，付了bridge toll却没有享受到bridge的benefit. C却说根本用的不是bridge toll的钱。根本上否定了推理建立的基础。
所以根本体现不出 : The bridge toll is fair. 这句话出自OG11对该选项的解释。 继续讨论，请大家指正。  
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