New Bus Cards and Free Rides in Delhi and Kerala
德里與喀拉拉邦推出新巴士卡及免費乘車服務
Introduction
The governments of Delhi and Kerala are changing how people use buses. They want more people to use digital cards and free rides.
德里與喀拉拉邦政府目前正改變人們搭乘公車的方式，希望更多人使用數位卡及免費乘車。
Main Body
In Delhi, government workers now use a new digital card for buses. The city has special camps to help workers get these cards from June 18 to June 25.
在德里，政府職員現在使用一種新的數位公車卡。市府於6月18日至6月25日設立特別營區，協助職員領取這些卡片。
Delhi also has a new card for women and transgender people. It is called the 'Pink Saheli' card. It replaces the old paper tickets. The city will open more camps to give these cards to everyone.
德里也為女性與跨性別人士推出了一張新卡，稱為「Pink Saheli」卡。它取代了舊的紙本票券。市府將開設更多營區，將這些卡片發放給所有人。
In Kerala, women and transgender people now ride buses for free. More women use the buses now. The number of female passengers grew from 725,000 to 1.18 million in one week.
在喀拉拉邦，女性與跨性別人士現在可以免費搭乘公車。現在有更多女性使用公車，女性乘客人數在一週內從72萬5千人增加到118萬人。
Conclusion
Delhi is using more technology for tickets. Kerala is paying for free rides to help more women travel.
德里在票務方面使用了更多科技，而喀拉拉邦則出資提供免費乘車，以幫助更多女性出行。
Vocabulary Learning
🚌 Talking about Changes
Look at how we describe things changing in the text:
- Old Way New Way
- Paper tickets Digital cards
- Few passengers More passengers
Useful Word: "Replace" When one thing takes the place of another, we use replace.
Example: The Pink Saheli card replaces the old paper tickets.
Simple Pattern: "More [People/Things]" To show growth, put more before the noun:
- More people
- More women
- More camps
Quick Note on Numbers In English, we use a comma for thousands:
- 725,000 = Seven hundred twenty-five thousand.