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jpc@philabs.research.philips.com (John P. Curcio) wrote:


>In article <4qhuht$8v3@news.aimnet.com>, pjk@aimnet.com (Philip J. Koenig) writes:
>|> mlbohn@mtu.edu (ekim) wrote:

>|> Q: What is the likelihood that the air pollution caused by all these little
>|>    autos driving around in the urban areas (instead of public transit) will 
>|>    affect *everyone*, including those in the rural areas?
>|> 
>|> A: VERY high.

>Now that everyone is throwing the pollution into it, I have a serious
>question.

>Since the European model of transportation is favored by a good number of
>people in this thread, can anyone show that Europe has less pollution?  I
>seem to remember something on the news a couple years back about how their
>cities are smoggier than ours, despite the fact that they have advanced
>mass transit.

>-JPC


I think the transit issue there has more to do with a social element, and
the pollution issue has more to do with industrial policy, and their
proximity to countries (i.e. former Eastern Bloc) with outrageously bad
pollution problems.

I don't think Europeans look to mass transit as a way to solve a pollution
problem, they've just grown up with it.  However as we here in the U.S. look
at ways to solve our pollution problem, it is clear that our world-leading
reliance on the automobile plays a big role, and thus it is quite justified
to look at that element as part of the solution.



Phil




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