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Ryan Gravel: How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city
瑞安･格雷夫: 旧环形铁路如何改变城市新面孔
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城市规划师瑞安･格雷夫的家乡是乔治亚州亚特兰大市，他和我们分享了亚特兰大市如何万众一心构建了一个大规模的城市公园，将废旧环形铁路改造成长达22英里的公共绿色空间，称之为亚特兰大环线。他说，我们生活的环境并不是一成不变的——如果想让生活变得不同，我们必须大声说出来。
Ryan Gravel - Urban planner, designer, author
Ryan Gravel is an architect and urban planner who played a key role in developing the Atlanta BeltLine. Full bio
Ryan Gravel is an architect and urban planner who played a key role in developing the Atlanta BeltLine. Full bio
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This picture
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这张照片
是我地铁卡上的证件照，
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is from my metro card
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是九十年代中期我在巴黎，
大学游学一年时办的。
大学游学一年时办的。
00:16
when I spent a year abroad in Paris
in college in the mid-'90s.
in college in the mid-'90s.
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我的朋友说我看起来
像一名法国无政府主义者——
像一名法国无政府主义者——
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My friend says I look
like a French anarchist --
like a French anarchist --
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
但是当我清晨照镜子的时候，
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But this is still what I see
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when I look in the mirror in the morning.
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我眼中的自己依旧是这样的。
在巴黎生活了一个月，
我就瘦了15磅，
我就瘦了15磅，
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Within a month of living in Paris,
I'd lost 15 pounds
I'd lost 15 pounds
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and I was in the best shape of my life
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达到了迄今为止最好的身材，
因为我吃的是新鲜食物，
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because I was eating fresh food
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无论去哪里都步行。
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and I was walking wherever I went.
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我在亚特兰大的郊区长大，
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Having grown up in suburban Atlanta,
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那是一个布满了高速公路
和汽车的地区，
和汽车的地区，
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a region built largely
by highways and automobiles
by highways and automobiles
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是当年城市扩张时期的示范区域。
00:44
and with a reputation
as a poster child for sprawl,
as a poster child for sprawl,
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Paris fundamentally changed
the way I understood
the way I understood
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巴黎彻底改变了我对于周围世界
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the construction of the world around me,
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构建的认知，
我从此开始迷恋上了
基础设施的所扮演的角色——
基础设施的所扮演的角色——
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and I got obsessed with the role
of infrastructure --
of infrastructure --
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它不仅仅是把人们
从一处送到另一处，
从一处送到另一处，
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that it's not just the way to move people
from point A to point B,
from point A to point B,
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也不是只运输纯净水，
污水和能源，
污水和能源，
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it's not just the way to convey water
or sewage or energy,
or sewage or energy,
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而是我们经济的基石。
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but it's the foundation for our economy.
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它是我们社会生活和文化的基础，
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It's the foundation for our social life
and for our culture,
and for our culture,
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与我们的生活方式息息相关。
01:10
and it really matters
to the way that we live.
to the way that we live.
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当我开车回家，被堵在
绕城公路路口的时候，
绕城公路路口的时候，
01:14
When I came home,
I was instantly frustrated,
I was instantly frustrated,
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stuck in traffic as I crossed
the top end of our perimeter highway.
the top end of our perimeter highway.
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我感到十分沮丧。
不仅是因为我只能一动不动，
01:20
Not only was I not moving a muscle,
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还因为当成千上万的
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I had no social interaction
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人们在身旁匆匆而过时，
与我没有任何交集，
与我没有任何交集，
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with the hundreds of thousands of people
that were hurtling past me,
that were hurtling past me,
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他们都像我一样目视前方，
耳边充斥着聒噪的音乐。
耳边充斥着聒噪的音乐。
01:27
like me, with their eyes faced forward
and their music blaring.
and their music blaring.
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我就想这是否是不可避免的结局，
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I wondered if this was
an inevitable outcome,
an inevitable outcome,
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或者我们能对此做些什么。
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or could we do something about it.
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有没有可能把亚特兰大变成
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Was it possible to transform
this condition in Atlanta
this condition in Atlanta
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我想生活的那种地方呢？
01:41
into the kind of place
that I wanted to live in?
that I wanted to live in?
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我回到了研究生学院
学习建筑和城市设计，
学习建筑和城市设计，
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I went back to grad school
in architecture and city planning,
in architecture and city planning,
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逐渐对于基础设施产生了兴趣，
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developed this interest in infrastructure,
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在1999年为我的论文项目
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and in 1999 came up with an idea
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for my thesis project:
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想出了一个主意：
改建原来城市中心的
废旧环形铁路，
废旧环形铁路，
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the adaptation of an obsolete loop
of old railroad circling downtown
of old railroad circling downtown
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作为城市复苏的新型基础建设。
01:57
as a new infrastructure
for urban revitalization.
for urban revitalization.
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当时那只是一个设想。
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It was just an idea.
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我从来没有想过真的会实现。
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I never thought
we would actually build it.
we would actually build it.
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但是在我去一家建筑公司上班后，
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But I went to work
at an architecture firm,
at an architecture firm,
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还是把这个想法讲给了同事们听，
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and eventually talked
to my coworkers about it,
to my coworkers about it,
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他们喜欢这个想法。
02:11
and they loved the idea.
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当我们开始和
更多人分享这个想法时，
更多人分享这个想法时，
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And as we started talking
to more people about it,
to more people about it,
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越来越多的人开始关注这件事。
02:15
more people wanted to hear about it.
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在2001年的夏天，
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In the summer of 2001,
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我们在凯西･伍拉德成为
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we connected with Cathy Woolard,
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市议会主席的前夕，与她取得了联系。
02:21
who was soon elected
city council president.
city council president.
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我们就此想法建立了
一个城市级景观：
一个城市级景观：
02:24
And we built a citywide vision
around this idea:
around this idea:
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亚特兰大环线项目，
一个22英里长的
一个22英里长的
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the Atlanta BeltLine, a 22-mile loop
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运输，通行和转换环形道路。
02:30
of transit and trails and transformation.
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在长达两年半的时间里，
我每周都要开两三次会，
我每周都要开两三次会，
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I was doing two and three meetings a week
for two and a half years,
for two and a half years,
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凯西和她的员工，还有
许多志愿者都是如此。
许多志愿者都是如此。
02:38
and so was Cathy and her staff
and a handful of volunteers.
and a handful of volunteers.
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通过共同努力，我们发起了
这个无与伦比的人与理念的运动。
这个无与伦比的人与理念的运动。
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Together, we built this amazing movement
of people and ideas.
of people and ideas.
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It included community advocates
who were used to fighting against things,
who were used to fighting against things,
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参与者包括社区中那些
总是发起抵制运动的人们，
总是发起抵制运动的人们，
为亚特兰大环线项目而奔走；
02:50
but found the Atlanta BeltLine
as something that they could fight for;
as something that they could fight for;
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那些在项目中发现了
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developers who saw the opportunity
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城市增长新契机的开发商们；
02:55
to take advantage of a lot
of new growth in the city;
of new growth in the city;
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还有数十家非营利性
合作伙伴，他们在其中
合作伙伴，他们在其中
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and dozens of nonprofit partners
who saw their mission
who saw their mission
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发现了自身的使命，
至少是部分共同的愿景。
至少是部分共同的愿景。
03:02
at least partly accomplished
by the shared vision.
by the shared vision.
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通常情况下，这些人无法共事，
03:07
Now, usually these groups of people
aren't at the same table
aren't at the same table
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期待的结果也不尽相同。
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wanting the same outcome.
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但是我们真的凝聚起来了，
虽然感觉有些古怪，
虽然感觉有些古怪，
03:13
But there we were,
and it was kind of weird,
and it was kind of weird,
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but it was really, really powerful.
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但这真的是一股强大的力量。
03:19
The people of Atlanta
fell in love with a vision
fell in love with a vision
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亚特兰大的人们爱上了那种愿景，
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that was better than what they saw
through their car windshields,
through their car windshields,
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他们渴望在公路上行驶时
看到车外更好的风景，
看到车外更好的风景，
是亚特兰大的人们
让这一切变为了现实，
让这一切变为了现实，
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and the people of Atlanta made it happen,
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我敢说，没有他们
我们根本做不到这些。
我们根本做不到这些。
03:28
and I guarantee you we would not
be building it otherwise.
be building it otherwise.
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From the beginning,
our coalition was diverse.
our coalition was diverse.
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从一开始，我们的合作就是多样化的。
来自不同领域的人们都加入了其中。
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People of all stripes
were part of our story.
were part of our story.
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生活在贫困线附近的人们
同样喜欢这个设计。
同样喜欢这个设计。
03:38
People on the lower end
of the economic spectrum loved it, too.
of the economic spectrum loved it, too.
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他们只是害怕到了建成的时候，
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They were just afraid
they weren't going to be able to be there
they weren't going to be able to be there
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自己却无法享受便利，
会被高昂的地价拒之门外。
会被高昂的地价拒之门外。
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when it got built,
that they'd be priced out.
that they'd be priced out.
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我们都听说过那样的故事，不是吗？
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And we've all heard
that kind of story before, right?
that kind of story before, right?
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但是我们承诺
亚特兰大环线会有所不同，
亚特兰大环线会有所不同，
03:51
But we promised that
the Atlanta BeltLine would be different,
the Atlanta BeltLine would be different,
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还有那些想法的提出者们，
03:54
and people took ownership of the idea,
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他们在一开始就让
这一切成为了超出想象的
这一切成为了超出想象的
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and they made it better
than anything we ever imagined
than anything we ever imagined
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好作品，
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in the beginning,
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包括丰厚的住房补贴，
04:00
including significant
subsidies for housing,
subsidies for housing,
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new parks, art, an arboretum --
a list that continues to grow.
a list that continues to grow.
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新公园，艺术性建筑，植物园——
更多基础建设还在规划中。
更多基础建设还在规划中。
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And we put in place
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我们得到了能让
这些设想得到实现的
相关组织和机构的支持。
相关组织和机构的支持。
04:10
the organizations and agencies
that were required to make it happen.
that were required to make it happen.
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重点是，必须做到这一点。
04:13
And importantly, it is.
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Now we're in the early stages
of implementation, and it's working.
of implementation, and it's working.
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我们现在正处于工程的
早期阶段，效果还不错。
早期阶段，效果还不错。
第一部分主线是于2012年开放使用的，
04:19
The first mainline section
of trail was opened in 2012,
of trail was opened in 2012,
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至今已经产生超过三十亿美元的
04:24
and it's already generated
over three billion dollars
over three billion dollars
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私营部门投资额。
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of private-sector investment.
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但是，这不仅仅是改变了城市的外观，
04:30
But it's not only changing
the physical form of the city,
the physical form of the city,
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也改变了我们对于城市的认知，
04:33
it's changing the way
we think about the city,
we think about the city,
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改变了我们对于生活的预期。
04:35
and what our expectations are
for living there.
for living there.
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大约一个月以前的一天，
04:40
About a month ago,
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我需要带孩子们去杂货店，
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I had to take my kids with me
to the grocery store
to the grocery store
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他们对此很不满，
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and they were complaining about it,
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因为他们不想坐我的车去。
04:46
because they didn't want
to get in the car.
to get in the car.
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他们说，“爸爸，要是我们必须去，
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They were saying, "Dad, if we have to go,
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那我们只骑车可以吗？”
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can we at least ride our bikes?"
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然后我回答，“当然可以。”
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And I said, "Of course we can.
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亚特兰大的人们都这么做。
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That's what people in Atlanta do.
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我们骑车去杂货店。”
04:58
We ride our bikes to the grocery store."
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（笑声）
05:01
(Laughter)
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（掌声）
05:02
(Applause)
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谢谢，大概就是这样。
05:03
Thank you, yeah.
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孩子们并不知道
这个想法有多不切实际，
这个想法有多不切实际，
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Now, they don't know
how ridiculous that is,
how ridiculous that is,
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但是我心里有数。
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but I do.
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我同时也知道他们对于
亚特兰大的期待
亚特兰大的期待
05:09
And I also understand
that their expectations for Atlanta
that their expectations for Atlanta
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是一股强大的推动力。
05:13
are really powerful.
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这样的转变和
上世纪的城市扩张运动
上世纪的城市扩张运动
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This kind of transformation
is exactly like sprawl
is exactly like sprawl
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如出一辙,
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in the last century,
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在这项运动中我们投资建设的
高速公路和汽车
高速公路和汽车
05:20
the movement where our investment
in highways and automobiles
in highways and automobiles
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05:24
fundamentally changed American life.
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彻底改变了美国人的生活。
那并非是什么大阴谋。
05:26
That wasn't some grand conspiracy.
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当然，的确也包含部分小阴谋。
05:29
There were conspiracies
within it, of course.
within it, of course.
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不过那是一种文化导向。
05:32
But it was a cultural momentum.
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在很长的一段时间里，无数的人
05:34
It was millions of people
making millions of decisions
making millions of decisions
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做出的众多决定，
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over an extended period of time,
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彻底的改变了
我们城市的建造格局，
我们城市的建造格局，
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that fundamentally changed
not only the way that we build cities,
not only the way that we build cities,
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和我们对于
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but it changed our expectations
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for our lives.
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生活的预期。
这些变化是城市扩张的基础。
05:46
These changes were the foundations
for urban sprawl.
for urban sprawl.
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在当时，我们并不把它称为城市扩张。
05:49
We didn't call it sprawl at that time.
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我们把它叫做未来。
05:52
We called it the future.
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事实也的确如此。
05:53
And it was.
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我们得到了梦寐以求的高速公路，
大型购物商场，还有死胡同。
大型购物商场，还有死胡同。
05:54
And we got all the highways
and strip malls and cul-de-sacs we wanted.
and strip malls and cul-de-sacs we wanted.
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那真是翻天覆地的变化，
05:59
It was a radical transformation,
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但是是由文化导向所带来的。
06:01
but it was built by a cultural momentum.
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所以说，居住场所的硬件设施
06:04
So it's important to not separate
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是与同时期的很多其他东西
06:06
the physical construction
of the places we live
of the places we live
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from other things that
are happening at that time.
are happening at that time.
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密切相关的。
在那时，
06:11
At that time,
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上世纪后半叶，
06:12
in the second half of the last century,
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科学正在治愈疾病，
06:15
science was curing disease
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把人类带往月球，
06:17
and lifting us to the moon,
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性别运动突破了障碍，
06:19
and the sexual revolution
was breaking down barriers,
was breaking down barriers,
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民权运动也开始向实现
06:21
and the Civil Rights Movement
began its march
began its march
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国家承诺的方向迈进。
06:23
toward the fulfillment
of our nation's promise.
of our nation's promise.
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电视，娱乐，食物，旅游，
商务——一切都在变化着，
商务——一切都在变化着，
06:26
Television, entertainment, food, travel,
business -- everything was changing,
business -- everything was changing,
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公共和私营部门共同谋划着，
06:31
and both the public
and private sectors were colluding
and private sectors were colluding
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给予了我们所向往的生活。
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to give us the lives we wanted.
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以美国联邦公路总署为例，
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The Federal Highway Administration,
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在高速公路出现前是不存在的。
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for example, didn't exist
before there were highways.
before there were highways.
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想想看吧。
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Think about it.
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（笑声）
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(Laughter)
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当然，今天能够理解并认识到
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Of course, today it's important
to understand and acknowledge
to understand and acknowledge
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好处最后集中在了某些人头上
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that those benefits accrued
to some groups of people
to some groups of people
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而不是另一些人，是很重要的。
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and not to others.
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It was not an equitable cultural momentum.
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那并不是一个平等的文化导向。
但今天，也许在我们用
惊讶和厌恶的目光
惊讶和厌恶的目光
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But when we look today
in wonder and disgust, maybe,
in wonder and disgust, maybe,
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看待面前的城市扩张时，
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at the metropolis sprawl before us,
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就会思考我们是否陷入了僵局。
07:02
we wonder if we're stuck.
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我们是否陷入了那种
历史的不平等格局中呢？
历史的不平等格局中呢？
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Are we stuck with the legacy
of that inequity?
of that inequity?
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我们是否陷入了反乌托邦式的
交通炼狱中了呢？
交通炼狱中了呢？
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Are we stuck with this dystopian
traffic hellscape?
traffic hellscape?
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是否陷入了猖獗的城市推移
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Are we stuck with rampant
urban displacement,
urban displacement,
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和环境破坏中了呢？
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with environmental degradation?
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是否陷入了社会孤立
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Are we stuck with social isolation
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或是政治极化当中了呢？
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or political polarization?
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这些是否是不可避免的，
永恒的结局呢？
永恒的结局呢？
07:23
Are these the inevitable
and permanent outcomes?
and permanent outcomes?
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Or are they the result
of our collective cultural decisions
of our collective cultural decisions
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或者说，这些就是我们共同为自身
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that we've made for ourselves?
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做出的文化抉择吗？
如果是的话，
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And if they are,
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我们能改变现状吗？
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can't we change them?
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我在亚特兰大的经历，
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What I have learned
from our experience in Atlanta
from our experience in Atlanta
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并非是特例。
07:39
is not an anomaly.
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相似的故事在各地发生着，
07:40
Similar stories
are playing out everywhere,
are playing out everywhere,
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人们重新利用的除了废旧的铁路，
07:43
where people are reclaiming
not only old railroads,
not only old railroads,
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还有退化的城市供水系统，过时的公路，
07:46
but also degraded urban waterways
and obsolete roadways,
and obsolete roadways,
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来重新设计他们生活中的
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reinventing all of the infrastructure
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各种基础设施。
07:52
in their lives.
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无论是在纽约，
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Whether here in New York
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或是休斯顿，
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or in Houston
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或是迈阿密、
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or Miami,
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底特律、费城、
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Detroit, Philadelphia,
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08:01
Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore,
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首尔、香港、新加坡、
多伦多还有巴黎，
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Toronto and Paris,
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世界各地大大小小的城市，
都在回收并重新设计
都在回收并重新设计
08:05
cities big and small all over the world
are reclaiming and reinventing
are reclaiming and reinventing
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他们自己的基础设施，
08:09
this infrastructure for themselves,
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包括基础设施建设的首例，
08:10
including the mother
of all catalyst infrastructure projects,
of all catalyst infrastructure projects,
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洛杉矶河，
08:15
the Los Angeles River,
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复兴运动也以相似的方式开始了。
08:17
the revitalization effort
for which similarly started
for which similarly started
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开始时是草根运动，
08:20
as a grassroots movement,
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并逐步发展为了文化导向。
08:21
has developed into a cultural momentum,
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现在我们正处于改造
08:24
and is now in the early stages
of being transformed
of being transformed
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基础设施的初期阶段，
08:27
into some kind of life-affirming
infrastructure again,
infrastructure again,
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这种积极基础设施包括了
小径，公园，垂钓，划船，
小径，公园，垂钓，划船，
08:30
this one with trails and parks
and fishing and boating
and fishing and boating
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还有社区的复兴，
08:35
and community revitalization,
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当然也包括了水质和食品监管。
08:37
and of course, water quality
and flood control.
and flood control.
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它正在提高人们的生活水平。
08:40
It's already improving
the lives of people.
the lives of people.
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它改变了我们其余的人
对于洛杉矶的认知。
对于洛杉矶的认知。
08:42
It's already changing the way
the rest of us think about Los Angeles.
the rest of us think about Los Angeles.
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这些不仅仅是基础设施。
08:47
This is more than just infrastructure.
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我们是在为自身建立新生活。
08:49
We're building new lives for ourselves.
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这项运动包括了
地方食品，城市农业，
地方食品，城市农业，
08:52
It's a movement that includes
local food, urban agriculture,
local food, urban agriculture,
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精酿啤酒，制造商运动，
08:55
craft beer, the maker movement,
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科技与设计——所有的这些
都表明了我们在建设城市过程中
都表明了我们在建设城市过程中
08:58
tech and design -- all of these things,
early indicators of a really radical shift
early indicators of a really radical shift
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彻底性的改变。
09:02
in the way we build cities.
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09:05
We're taking places like this
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我们正在把这样的地方，
变为这样的地方。
09:08
and transforming them into this.
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09:12
And soon this.
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很快就会变成这样。
09:15
And this is all exciting and good.
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这听起来令人激动，的确很不错。
我们正在让世界变得更好。
09:18
We're changing the world for the better.
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这对我们来说是件好事。
09:20
Good for us!
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09:22
And it is awesome -- I mean that.
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这真的太棒了——我真心这么认为。
但是我们城市扩张的历史，
09:24
But our history of sprawl,
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还有现存的一些示范性项目当中，
09:26
and from what we can already see
with these catalyst projects today,
with these catalyst projects today,
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我们能看到，并且必须记得
09:30
we know and must remember
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并非每个人都能从
像这样的大变革中获益。
像这样的大变革中获益。
09:33
that big changes like this
don't usually benefit everyone.
don't usually benefit everyone.
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通过这种文化导向
而释放的市场势力
而释放的市场势力
09:36
The market forces unleashed
by this cultural momentum
by this cultural momentum
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经常会包括那些看似难以阻挡的，
09:40
often include the seemingly unstoppable
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不可避免的税务，
物价和房租的上涨。
物价和房租的上涨。
09:43
and inevitable cycle of rising taxes,
prices and rents.
prices and rents.
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这是很紧迫的问题。
09:47
This is urgent.
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如果我们关心这个问题，
我们就必须挺身而出，
我们就必须挺身而出，
09:49
If we care, we have to stand up
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说出我们的想法。
09:51
and speak out.
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这应该是一种行动的号召，
09:52
This should be a call to action,
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因为答案不可能是不去改进社区。
09:54
because the answer can't be
to not improve communities.
to not improve communities.
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答案不可能是不去修建
公园，运输线和杂货店。
公园，运输线和杂货店。
09:58
The answer can't be to not build parks
and transit and grocery stores.
and transit and grocery stores.
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答案不可能是为了
让物价保持低水平
让物价保持低水平
10:03
The answer can't be
to hold communities down
to hold communities down
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而让社区没落下去。
10:06
just to keep them affordable.
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但是我们也必须跟进，强调
我们正面临着的
我们正面临着的
10:08
But we do have to follow through
and address the financial realities
and address the financial realities
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10:11
that we're facing.
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经济现状。
这很困难，它不会自己好转。
10:13
This is hard, and it won't
happen on its own.
happen on its own.
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我们可以解决这个问题的，
我在亚特兰大一直致力于此。
我在亚特兰大一直致力于此。
10:15
We can do it, and I'm committed
to this goal in Atlanta,
to this goal in Atlanta,
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坚持为了那些
使这一切成为可能的人们。
使这一切成为可能的人们。
10:18
to sticking up again for people
who made it possible in the first place.
who made it possible in the first place.
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没有他们，这个项目就算不上成功。
10:23
We can't call it a success without them.
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我当然不能这么做，
10:26
I certainly can't,
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因为这么多年来
我为那些人坚守承诺，
我为那些人坚守承诺，
10:27
because the people I made
commitments to all those years
commitments to all those years
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他们不仅仅只是抽象的人群。
10:30
weren't abstract populations.
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10:32
They're my friends and neighbors.
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他们是我的朋友，我的邻居。
他们是我爱的那些人。
10:34
They're people that I love.
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所以即使一开始，它只是
作为我研究生论文主题，
作为我研究生论文主题，
10:36
So even though it started
as my graduate thesis
as my graduate thesis
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我与成千上万的人们一起合作，
努力了16年，
努力了16年，
10:39
and I'm working hard for 16 years
with thousands of people
with thousands of people
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为了让这一切成为现实，
10:42
to help make this thing come to life,
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我知道并坚信
这个项目的受益人群
这个项目的受益人群
10:44
I know and believe that who
the BeltLine is being built for
the BeltLine is being built for
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和建设环带项目本身
是同等重要的。
是同等重要的。
10:48
is just as important
as whether it's built at all.
as whether it's built at all.
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不仅仅是在亚特兰大，
10:52
Not just in Atlanta,
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而是在局部范围上，世界范围中，
10:53
but locally and globally,
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10:55
we have to understand
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我们必须明白我们对于
10:57
this accountability to the people
whose lives we are changing,
whose lives we are changing,
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那些生活正在经历改变的人们的责任，
因为他们就是我们。
11:01
because this is us.
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我们的生活就是正在被讨论的生活。
11:03
We are the lives we're talking about.
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这样的环境并非不可避免。
11:06
These places aren't inevitable.
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我们生活的环境并非不可改变，
11:08
The places we live aren't inevitable,
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11:10
and if we want something different,
we just need to speak up.
we just need to speak up.
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如果我们希望生活有所不同，
我们需要大声说出来。
我们需要大声说出来。
我们必须确保改变是为我们发生的。
11:13
We have to ensure that change
comes on our terms.
comes on our terms.
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为了做到那一点，
11:16
And to do that,
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我们就必须主动加入到
塑造改变的过程当中。
塑造改变的过程当中。
11:17
we have to participate actively
in the process of shaping change.
in the process of shaping change.
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谢谢。
11:22
Thank you.
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（掌声）
11:23
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ryan Gravel - Urban planner, designer, authorRyan Gravel is an architect and urban planner who played a key role in developing the Atlanta BeltLine.
Why you should listen
Ryan Gravel is an urban planner, designer and author working on site design, infrastructure, concept development and public policy as the founding principal at Sixpitch. His Master's thesis in 1999 was the original vision for the Atlanta Beltline, a 22-mile transit greenway that, with fifteen years of progress, is changing both the physical form of his city and the decisions people make about living there. Now a $4 billion public-private investment in the early stages of implementation, the project's health and economic benefits are already evident through record-breaking use of its first section of mainline trail and $3.1 billion of private-sector investment since 2005.
Alongside project work at Sixpitch and research on similar "catalyst infrastructure" projects around the world, Gravel's new book makes a compelling case about what these unexpected assets mean for our lives and why they matter. In Where We Want to Live – Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities (St. Martin's Press, 2016), he summons the streets of Paris, the spirit of Detroit, the unruly Los Angeles River and dozens of other examples to illustrate how a new cultural momentum is illuminating a brighter path forward for cities. Through insightful narrative, Gravel articulates how projects like the Atlantas Beltline, New York's High Line and Houston's Buffalo Bayou are part of this movement and how they will ultimately transform our way of life with the same magnitude that automobiles and highways did in the last century. More than discrete projects, he argues, they represent a shared vision for our future that will require us to forget tired arguments about traffic, pollution, blight and sprawl -- and instead leverage those conditions as assets in the creation of something far more interesting than anything we’ve seen so far.
Gravel's early work as a volunteer and later across the nonprofit, public and private sectors has brought his long-term commitment to sustainable city building full circle -- from vision, to advocacy, to planning, design and implementation. He speaks internationally and has received numerous awards for his work on the project.
Gravel's latest pipedream is a nonprofit idea studio called Generator, to be funded in part by a bar. While juggling two kids, amazing projects like the Atlanta City Design and requests for help navigating impacts from the Atlanta Beltline, he's also taking time to look up and enjoy the city he wants to live in.
Ryan Gravel | Speaker | TED.com