Here's your chance not just to be the mayor, but the original city planner as well! Imagine a medium sized city that would be developed with modern, low carbon transportation in mind, and other strategies to reduce the average citizens' carbon footprints.
What would that city look like? Would that make you more likely to want to live there?
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Transportation in Cities
I think one of the key things that could be done to reduce the carbon footprint in cities is to fix the transportation system. Both by creating a larger public transportation system and a cleaner way or the public to travel around themselves. A larger public transportation system could consist of more buses and trains. These types of transportation are better for the environment because more people ride them so their emissions are divided among multiple people. I believe more people would take buses or trains if they were more convient and widespread across a city. The other way cities can lower their carbon emissions is by promoting forms of transportation that do not need gas, such as riding bicycles, scooters, or just walking. A city were they already do this very well is New York City. In New York City, many people take the subway, buses, bikes, or walk. The system in New York City is not perfect though as many people still take cars. If more people took forms of transportation that emit less carbon the transportation system in a city would be much greener.