downtowns

His romantic evocations of city centres are possible only because people have forgotten what downtowns used to be like.

在人们已经忘记了过去的市区是如何模样的前提条件下，卡鲁索对城市中心浪漫的召唤是可能实现的。

With its high-speed rail network, now the longest in the world, the Chinese are providing efficient intercity links into downtowns.

除了建设高速铁路网络（现时里程已是世界最长）以外，中国还提供了连接城市中心区的高效城际线路。

American cities were more compact, more walkable and had vibrant downtowns.

那时候的美国城市更紧凑，更适合步行，商业区生机勃勃。

Cities are expanding growing and sprawling while at the same time their centres and downtowns are shrinking disappearing voiding out.

城市正在扩张、成长、蔓延，而同时它的中心城区正在收缩、消失、变得空闲。

This is true in dense downtowns, where it's generally considered unwise to knock down office buildings to pave new roads.

在密集的商业区是如此，人们通常认为推倒办公楼建新路是不明智的。

Levy, Paul. "Making Downtowns Competitive. " Journal of the American Planning Association. 4 (2001): 16-19.

让城市更具竞争力〉，刊于《美国空间规划协会期刊》2001年第4期：第16~19页。

Studies on Relation of Parking Facilities and Road Capacity in Downtowns of Big Cities

大城市中心区停车设施供应与路网容量关系