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When the war came to an end, the pent-up demand for homes and automobiles ushered in the suburban boom era.
Automobile production jumped from a mere 70,000 in 1945 to 2.1 million in 1946 and 3.5 million in 1947.

When the war came to an end, the pent-up demand for homes and automobiles ushered in the suburban boom era.
①終戦後、住宅と自動車の潜在需要は、郊外拡大(ブーム)時代をもたらした。

Automobile production jumped from a mere 70,000 in 1945 to 2.1 million in 1946 and 3.5 million in 1947.
②1945年にわずか7万台だった自動車生産は、1946年には210万台に、1947年には350万台まで増えた。

Highway travel reached its prewar peak by 1946 and began to climb at 6 percent per year, which was to continue for decades (U.S. dept. of Transportation, 1979a).
Transit use, on the other hand, declined at about the same rate it had increased during the war.
By 1953, there were fewer than 14 billion transit trips annually (Transportation Research Board, 1987).

Highway travel reached its prewar peak by 1946 and began to climb at 6 percent per year, which was to continue for decades (U.S. dept. of Transportation, 1979a).
③(幹線)道路の交通量も、1946年に戦前のピークに達し、それ以降、年間6％ずつ増え始め、その勢いは数十年も続いた。(USDT、1979a)

Transit use, on the other hand, declined at about the same rate it had increased during the war.
④一方、公共交通の利用は、戦時中の増加率とほぼ同じ水準(割合)で減っていった。

By 1953, there were fewer than 14 billion transit trips annually (Transportation Research Board, 1987).
⑤1953年までに、年間140億人まで利用者が減少した。(TRB、1987)