The city of Guangzhou wins transport prize

China has the 1. ______\(large\) population in the world and its capital city, Beijing, has some of 2. ______\(bad\) traffic problems. A few decades ago, China’s streets weren’t as 3. ______\(polluted\) as they are now because most people rode bicycles. But in modern China, cars are selling 4. ______\(fast\) than in the USA.

However, one city in China recently received a prize for its transportation system from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy \(ITDP\). The ITDP works with cities to make city life 5. _____\(good\). This year it gave the city of Guangzhou a prize because it has one of the 6. ______\(good\) public transport systems, not only in China, but worldwide. The system transports 800,000 people a day and runs on time. And bicycles are still as 7. ____\(popular\) as ever because of the extensive network of bicycle paths. It all means the air in Guangzhou is much 8._____ \(clean\) than in other cities.

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