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Sedonia town meeting announcement: "Parking ordinances recently imposed by the mayor of Sedonia call for unprecedented reductions in the amount of public land devoted to downtown parking spaces. Compliance with these ordinances will require new underground parking garages that cost millions of dollars to construct. The resulting price increases for parking in Sedonia will lead many residents to sell their cars. Therefore, the mobility of Sedonian residents will in the future be significantly decreased."
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the meeting announcement?
A. The parking ordinances were put in place to make room for bus-only lanes that would allow Sedonia to add several new public bus routes.
B. The ordinances are expected to hurt downtown businesses that currently have several street parking spaces in front of their stores.
C. The ordinances are likely to raise demand for housing closer to the downtown headquarters of Sedonia's largest employers.
D. When the ordinances take effect, Sedonia will have fewer downtown parking spaces per capita than any other metropolitan area in the state.
E. The development of underground parking garages will result in more jobs and higher wages for the construction industry in Sedonia
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the meeting announcement?
A. The parking ordinances were put in place to make room for bus-only lanes that would allow Sedonia to add several new public bus routes.
B. The ordinances are expected to hurt downtown businesses that currently have several street parking spaces in front of their stores.
C. The ordinances are likely to raise demand for housing closer to the downtown headquarters of Sedonia's largest employers.
D. When the ordinances take effect, Sedonia will have fewer downtown parking spaces per capita than any other metropolitan area in the state.
E. The development of underground parking garages will result in more jobs and higher wages for the construction industry in Sedonia
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Official Explanation:
(A) This is a Weaken question.
The argument includes a subtle scope shift. If many residents sell their cars, they will be less mobile by car, but cars are not the only means of mobility. If some other result of the ordinances means that a different sort of mobility increases, the argument does not hold up.
Choice (A) is correct because it offers an alternative type of mobility that is increased by the ordinances.
Choices (B), (D), and (E) are irrelevant. If anything, they strengthen the case that the ordinances will have a negative effect. Selecting choice (C) may be tempting, but just because downtown housing is in higher demand and some workers may live closer to their jobs doesn't mean they are more mobile, just that they have less need for mobility on a daily basis.
Therefore, the correct answer is choice (A).
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