Public Transportation's Health Benefits

Use of public transportation by one in ten Americans would lead to cleaner air.

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July 27, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen


This report, commissioned by the American Public TransportationAssociation and written by three top economists,finds that increasing public transportation ridership is the mostefficientway to better air quality and decrease energy use without imposing newtaxes, government mandates or regulations. For example, the report notesthat if 20 percent of Americans used public transportation daily, itwouldreduce carbon monoxide pollution by more than the total produced by theentire chemical manufacturing industry and all metal processing plantsinthe country. The report calculates the energy and environmental savingsformore than a dozen major U.S. cities. Editor's note: This link is to a 39-page PDF file and is 164 K.

Thanks to Laura Kranz

Monday, July 15, 2002 in American Public Transportation Association

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