SAT Reading & Writing · Cross-Text Connections
**Text 1** A city council member argues that the new bike lanes have made downtown streets safer for cyclists, citing a drop in reported…
**Text 1**
A city council member argues that the new bike lanes have made downtown streets safer for cyclists, citing a drop in reported bicycle accidents since installation.
**Text 2**
A local business owner argues that the same bike lanes have made downtown streets more congested for drivers, citing longer wait times at intersections since installation.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?
A city council member argues that the new bike lanes have made downtown streets safer for cyclists, citing a drop in reported bicycle accidents since installation.
**Text 2**
A local business owner argues that the same bike lanes have made downtown streets more congested for drivers, citing longer wait times at intersections since installation.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?
Answer and explanation
Answer: D: The two texts focus on different effects of the same change and reach different conclusions about its overall impact.
Each text focuses on a different outcome, cyclist safety versus driver congestion, and reaches a different overall judgment about the same change. D captures this accurately. A is incorrect since the two texts emphasize different, not identical, points. C misstates the relationship, since Text 2 doesn't address accident data at all. B contradicts the shared subject, the same bike lanes, described in both texts.
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