美国公交业急寻补贴

Clarence Cox took over a 35-year-old motorcoach business from his father and uncle and had hopes of one day giving it to his daughters.

克莱伦斯·考克斯从他的爸爸和舅舅手中接管了他们家族的已经长达35年的驾驶教练的工作,并且希望有一天能将其传给自己的女儿。

But with a $5 million fleet parked for months during a pandemic, and no federal aid, his goal now is just to make it to the end of 2020.

但疫情期间有超过五百万辆公交车都停在了车库里,也没有政府补贴,如今他只希望能撑到年底。

His business, Georgia Coach Lines, is one of thousands of small, family-owned bus companies across the US, urging Congress to approve immediate aid.

他们家的店叫做佐治亚海岸线,是美国上千家小型私营公交公司之一,他们迫切希望国会尽快批准补贴。

Unlike the airlines or Amtrak, the motorcoach industry hasn't received any funding from the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed by Congress in the spring.

跟航空业和铁路公司不同的是,公交产业并没有得到今年春天国会通过的2.2万亿的援助法案的资金。

Peter Pantuso, president and CEO of the American Bus Association, said, "I can't really identify for you why we have not been included."

美国公交协会的会长彼得·潘图索说,“我也没法解释为什么我们被排除在外了。”

The American Bus Association estimates private buses provide 600 million passenger trips a year, second only to commercial flights.

美国公交协会估算私营公交车每年的载客量为6个亿,仅次于商务航空业。

Pantuso said 80,000 of the industry's 100,000 employees have been furloughed this year.

潘图索称该行业的十多万名员工中有八万多人今年都处于歇业的状态。

The American Bus Association said the industry usually sees $15 billion in revenue a year.

美国公交协会称该行业正常的年收入一般是一百五十亿美元。

In 2020, bus companies only brought in $4 billion.

2020年,所有公交公司的收入则只有四十亿美元。

The motorcoach industry, along with the school bus industry and passenger water vessel companies are now collectively asking Congress to approve $10 billion in loans and grants.

公交教练业,联合校车行业和轮渡业一起要求国会批准一百亿美元的贷款和津贴。

"Every small business I think across America is hurting at some level," Pantuso said.

“我想,美国各种各样的小企业都遭受了损失,”潘图索说道。

"But there are very few other industries that are almost completely shut down with no hope of coming back for at least six months, next year, and then it'll be a slow recovery."

“但别的行业不至于像我们这样完全关门,并且未来至少半年,甚至一年内都没法恢复,即使恢复了也是很缓慢的过程。”

问题

文中提到以下哪个行业有政府津贴?

A.公交车

B.航空业

C.轮渡

D.校车

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