Smarter Pricing Could Ease Parking Frustration

①If you drive in a city, you’ve no doubt experienced the frustration of circling block after block after block, cruising for parking.

Cruise v.巡游，漫游，巡航

Frustration n. 沮丧，懊恼，受挫

②But scientists who study that phenomenon have a solution to free up more spots:” You make them more expensive, so people have to decide whether to park father away and pay less, or closer and pay more.” Itzhak Benenson, a system scientist at Tel Aviv University.

Phenomenon n.现象

③San Francisco has piloted a program that raises parking rates based on demand-and it’s been shown to reduce cruising.

Pilot v.试验，试点

Pilot program 试点计划

④But the sensors required for those systems can cost millions of dollars to install and operate， Benenson says.

Sensors 传感器

⑤First, they divide the city into zones.They estimate the parking demand in each zone, by calculating the number of apartments and offices there.And then they factor in parking supply in the area, along with how wealthy potential parkers might be.

Factor v.把…因素包括进去

⑥With that data, the algorithm suggested pricing for each zone that would guarantee a 90-percent occupancy rate of parking spots city-wide.

Algorithm n.算法

Occupancy n. 占有，占领

City-wide 全市

World-wide 全世界

⑦Meaning 10 percent of spots were always available to drivers willing to pay the price, regardless of neighborhood.Of course，not everyone will agree that jacking up parking prices will ease driver frustrations.

Ease v.缓解，减轻

Jack n.千斤顶， v.用千斤顶抬高，提高

⑧Ultimately, he says, it’ll be up to cities themselves to gauge their residents’ political appetites for an easier parking spot.

Ultimately adv.最终

Gauge v. 判定，断定

Appetite n. 胃口，欲望

Be up to 由…负责

eg.The exercises in this chapter can guide you, but it will be up to you to do the actual work.

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