In most cities, especially crowded ones, cars are around in abundance. They release a lot of pollution into the air. To reduce this pollution, we will create eco-friendly public transit that is useful and easily accessible. It will be either trains or buses that are solar powered, and run to all parts of the city. They will also come more frequently so that it is more accessible to more people. This will cause people to use their cars less, causing less pollution to be put into the air.

Actually, people who live in cities use way less resources and don't need to use cars because everything is relatively nearby. They are encouraged to use public transport because parking is hard and most of the places they need to reach aren't worth the trouble it takes to drive. Most of the pollution problem comes from people who live in the suburbs, who constantly use more resources due to the increased amount of land they are given and the commute distance to the city. It would be more helpful to the environment if people lived in more compact cities as opposed to sprawling.

This is a good explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTvqIijqvTg

I agree with both of you. I think that sometimes cities have a smaller carbon footprint because of walking or public transportation, but often larger cities just mean more people to pollute the area.  [Co2-emissions-usa-map-vulcan-project](//muut.com/u/footprint/s1/:footprint:ZSdL:co2emissionsusamapvulcanproject.jpg.jpg)  I looked it up and I found this map and to me it looks like larger cities do have a larger carbon footprint and I agree that a good way to make it smaller would be better public transportation.

Perhaps cities have a larger carbon footprint because there are more people, but divide that footprint among all the people who live there and there is probably a smaller footprint per person.

I agree with as well. The more cars we are using, we are also increasing our carbon footprint. I think people can still use their cars a lot, but we need to make more cars that are eco friendly and/or electric cars that don't pollute the environment

You say, "we will create an eco-friendly transit" expecting it to happen when in reality bus and car companies will never invest that much money to completely do away with the busses and car models and parts they had in the first place. You must factor in the businesses that will be hit hard by these changes which could worsen the economy, and how these businesses are in it for the money, not to better the world. #realtalk

I agree that more environmentally friendly cars would help make the cities have a smaller impact on the environment. Electric cars can't go very long distances without being charged, so that is a good idea for a solution to pollution in city life.

The business for more eco-friendly cars would pick up much more if money was never a problem. However, oil remains a central part of economy.

In response to what Benjamin said, the change Ally is proposing most likely would not be sudden. Cars would not be automatically outlawed, car companies wouldn't collapse, and our economy and therefor world would not automatically be thrown into chaos. Changes such as these are gradual. Innovation is an essential part to our country and world as a whole. The need of products eventually fades (look to CD players, flip phones, horse drawn carriages) and is replaced by similar and more efficient or necessary industries. We can factor in the ca  companies that will (slowly) be negatively affected, but in order to take a glance at how the economy overall is affected we must also notice the benefits of new industries and innovation. Also keep in mind that the old car companies can adjust to the new demand and start creating more eco-friendly products. That's just the economy side of things. The environment obviously would also be benefited.