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（英会話リスニングスクリプト）
The city has 300km of bicycle lanes and
about 124,000 cyclists ride to work in the city center every
day.
There is no excuse for not cycling.
You can help yourself to one of the city's
free bicycles.
They are released by inserting the equivalent
of \300 into a slot on the frame of the bike.
The money is recovered when the bike is
left at another bike park around the city.
Very few city bikes are stolen, mainly because
they are cheap bicycles and, furthermore, they are easily
recognizable by their brightly-painted wheels bearing the
names of sponsors.
Very high import taxes and heavy road taxes
also help to control the number of cars in Denmark.
Also, urban planning helps to keep commuters
out of their cars.
For example, it is forbidden to build a
factory more than one kilometer from a train station.
Many downtown areas are completely free
of cars and shoppers can stroll for hundreds of meters without
having to cross a road.
Even to people who love their cars, it is
getting obvious that the restrictions on their vehicles
have made Copenhagen a much more pleasant place to live
and work in.
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