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improve safety.
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Limiting car ussage will help reduces greenhouse gases and also reducing smog
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Limiting car usage improve safety because  there won't be any cars on the roads.
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"In Paris on cold and warm days hve caused a warm layer of air that trapped car emssions." In France diesel is favored over gasoline. in france sixty-seven percent of the vehicles are diesel so diesel fuel was to blame. After five days of intensifying smog congestion was down sixty percent.
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limiting car usage is a good way to lower stress.
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Buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said "it was a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution."as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.
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there won be cars on roads so you cant get hit. a study last year found that young people driving decreased by twenty-three percent between 2001 and 2009. people have said they are interested in getting their drivers license but it's not a priority.
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Limiting car ussage will help lower smog levels by people taking public transport,car pooling or walking. limitng car ussage will helplower stress levels and spend time with people. ;imiting car usage will also improve saety since there will be less cars on the roads.
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The advances of limiting car usage is not only helping the communtity but also yourself
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In Vauban, Germany  70 percent of their families do not own cars, and 57 percent saold a car to live here. people find it better to walk to places rather than having to use a vehicle. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberg, an official...
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The need for these car free suburbs are very imprtant because the more cars that we take off the road the less green house gas fumes are released.
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Different means of trying to clear the air have been taken
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in some countries on certain days people with even numbered licence palts have to leave then other days odd numbers have to leave their cars. So sume places take it very serious people fail to notice that we are killing our planet we have have to do everything possible that we can to save our planet because we won't ha...
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A few places around the world have band cars for a day or two so that people would take alturnitive transportation like taxi's or buses so that people are aware that there are other means of transportation so that it can re duce greenhouse gas. Mayors from the bordering cities have come to see what all of the comotion...
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Studies show that less and less people are driving so that shows that people may or may not be able to purchase a car or just decide that they don't want a car and enjoy taking other means of transportation. I beleave that it is good to car pool or ride the bus but some people might have to own a car or ride the bus so...
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Polution, the same thing that people have been concerning over and over, not because we can't change it, however because we can.
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In Germany there's an expirimental town where seventy percent of people do not use an automobile for transportation, also in Paris, France in order to reduce smog and polution. And even in Bogota, Colombia they are holding days in which millions of people go without thier cars.
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02CFF35FC729
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The first thing about limiting car usage that typically comes up is, how would we get around? By the same means that a normal person without a car would
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02CFF35FC729
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In fact German researchers actually attempted a study in which they created a small city that is only one square mile that houses more than five thousand people. by walking, riding a bike or skating +70% of Vauban's population go to work and school every single day without using a car. In fact, 57% of families living ...
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In Paris, durring 2014 Paris repetitively reached almost record breaking levels of polution and smog. As a result of all of that smog, the city of Paris regulated the use of automobiles, this action came as a surprise to the nearly four thousand people that were fined $32 and twenty-seven people's cars were impounded d...
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Moving to Colombia, the country of coffee and spices. In the city of Bogota the mayor holds "car free days" to reduce smog and the peoples dependance on thier cars. And in order to do so they premote the use of public and alternative transportation and actually fine all of the people that didn't comply a fee of twenty-...
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all in all the tought of cutting back on using cars seems like a good idea
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not only fix the worlds dependance on oil and fossil fuels but also help people get back into shape.
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less car accidents,
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less pollution, and a healthier life style
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and all we had to do is let go of only one thing that one thing is your car it is a killing machine not just for people but also for our mother earth.
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Before you call me crazy and tell me that could never happen lets look at germany where people are trying to make a change in an upscale community where even soccer moms have given up there cars and 70 percent of the people there dont have cars and 57 percent sold there cars. now tell me do I sound crazy now besides pe...
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Further more if you still dont believe that this could effect us look at paris, paris typically has more smog than anyother european capital they found that paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 brussels and 79.7 percent in london reuters found now thats a life i dont want to ...
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one of our advatages whould be clean air and less deaths  becuase the air we breath in can effect the way we think because if we take in bad were going to give out bad if we take in good we take out good. also parks and sports centers could be at a all time high now you wont have to nag your kid to leave the house he'l...
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In bogota, columbia where the clouds are gray but the ambition is strong even though its not stop rain the people say "its a good opportunity to take stress away stress and lower air pollution" and i think there doing a great job with this because its there 3rd strait year that they have banned cars and there pollution...
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Last but not least  the end of the car culture  is near when miles driven in the united states is going down steadily the future of amaerica looks bright our peoples health seems better but all we need to do is one big leap and sacrfise to achieve a place where we dont have to be scared to leave our house and to not h...
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Have you ever thought about why there are so many deaths in the world? Most leading deaths are from vehicles and the driver behind the wheel, wether they are texting, talking on the phone, or under the influence.
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I believe it is a great thing to live in a city where car usage is very limited.
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Living in a world where everyone has to walk or ride a bike to go from place to place also means that everyone gets their daily exercise. Today, in society people are usually sitting in a car, others they ride a bike or take a walk. While doing these activities you have to worry about anything hitting you, for this ins...
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What I am trying to say here is less people die as less people drive.
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Another reason to limit car usage is weather patterns.
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You never know what the weather is going to be like, therefore you will never know what you might run into. There have been some cases for pile-ups from smog. smog is a mixture of smoke and fog, making it impossible to see. Diesel fuel doesnt help the case for smog either. The diesel helps the smog by polluting the air...
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In Bogota Colombia, a program that is set set to spread to other countries. This program is called "Car-free day", millions of Colombians hike, bike, skate, or take buses to work during this day.
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This day also brings avoidment to traffic jams.
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Some citizens say it is a good way to lower air pollution.
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Less car usage is helping to clean the air.
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This generation needs to understand that if we want a clean future for ouselves and our families.
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President Obama has a goal to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies shows that Americans are buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses as the years progress. It is said that the number of miles driven in the U.S. peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter. Doug Short of Advisor Perspec...
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Some other things why limiting car usage is a good thing is gas prices, they are so overated now.
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Gas used to be .97 cent per 9/10 a gallon. Now, you cant find a gas station anywhere without the ranging prices of $2.45-$3.75. That price is ridiculous, who wants to pay $37 for 10 gallions of gas? I sure dont, that is another reason why some people find it easier to ride a bike. They save money! Yes, I understand tha...
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Some might thing cars are essential to life, but other might think they don't need them at all.
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Limiting car use is a good thing because it limits the amount of fog,
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it reduces traffic jams and crashes,
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people seem to be more family oriented.
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i believe that limiting car usage is a very helpful thing and a great idea.
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We all know how badly cars gases are are and that without those harmful gasses there wouldn't be much fog
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now imagine if this happened here in America. In Paris they band driving due to the near record pollution. They did this so they could have a day where the air would clear out and there wouldn't be that much fog. Some might think this is an excellent idea, but some might say its a very lousiness idea. Limiting car usa...
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Something else similar to what they did in Paris happened in Colombia. They limited the car usage for one day to free up some of the congestion that they had in the capital (Bogota)
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This is also a great idea because people don't have to worry about crash crashing, people getting ran over, or kids getting hit by cars
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People don't have to worry about a lot of harsh things, so they live a somewhat stress less life
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In Bogota they are also making new parks for people because without cars you don't need to drive to parks you can just walk
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. People when they walk tend to have conversations with the people around them so they tend to have a more social and all in all better lifestyle
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This could also help in places like New York or other very congested cities. Without all those cars filling up the roads with all there horrible gases, New York would have a very clean breathable air
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One of the most important reasons why limiting car usage is an advantage is because people are more family oriented.
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Studies have shown that when people don't have cars they fell like they don't have and debts and fell somewhat free. This will make a person more loving and more interested in family time. Also people tend to walk more and carpool, so this causes them to car pool or walk in groups and they do all of that with their ow...
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Limiting car usage is a great ting and i believe people should at least try to make it happen. It helps reunite family's, clear the amount of fog, and it reduces car jams and accidents. Some people might think its not a very good idea but some might think it is. So people should at least try to see what happens.
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Cars are going out of style. In Vauban, Germany, cars are not owned, save the occasional one that can be afforded; Paris,France banned certain cars from driving certain days; Bogota, Columbia has a car-free day; and America is seeing a decrease in their car sales.
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smog and greenhouse gas emmissions.
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The reduction of car use has helped these things immensely in more ways than one.
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"Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States," says experts in Elisabeth Rosenthal's "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars."
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Europe, the United States and other places are starting a movement called "smart planning." It is a plan to seperate suburban life from auto useage. There has been efforts these past two decades to make cities better suited for walking. In Vauban, 70 percent of families do not even own cars, they walk everywhere. It is...
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Last year, Paris had to enforce a ban to clear the smog from the city; many people got fined for ignoring it. Five days after enacting the ban, congestion went down 60 percent. In Bogota, less streets were being built while more and more sidewalks and bicycle paths (118 miles worth) were under construction. President B...
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Cars have polluted so many areas of our world and at this point of time, our world is changing. Less car useage means more money that is not being spent on gas and less pollution to our environment. The executive chairman of Ford Motor Company has a business plan to create cities where "pedestrian, bicycle, private car...
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Do you think you could live without your car, even just for a day? Well, in Vauban, a German suburb near the French and Swiss borders, they dont just live without them, they thrive.
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Vauban is the result of a test that proves planning a city in a way that compacts it improves life for everybody, from reducing the stress of drivers who fear collisions, to downright making cars undesireable.
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Heidrun Walter, mother of two says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." After it's completion in 2005 Vauban began it's happy path to showing the world that cars are not a neccessary or even good thing. Automobiles are the main source of emission from familys that live in suburbs, this is b...
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In the U.S. it seems as though the car culture is coming to a close, as the number of miles driven hit it's peak in 2005 and dropped 9 percent per person by april 2013, equal to where the country was in 1995. According to Professor Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan's TR institute, car ownership per household ...
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If the pattern follows throughout the coming years, and many believe it will, the impact on carbon emission reduction would be outstanding.
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But how would this affect the car industries? Well, as stated by Ford and others, they've already started rebranding themselves as mobility companies, and no longer focus entirely on personal vehicle production, so you need not worry about their futures.
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And with the decrease in personal vehicle sales comes a decrease in the next generations interest in personal transportation, as a large drop is taking place in the amount of registered drivers, between the ages of 16-39. Mr. Sivak (mentioned earlier) says his two children have yet to get their licenses, even though th...
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This shows promise for the future and how we handle the health of our world and plan our futures better, as less and less people pollute it.
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But many say this trend coud just be a small thing.
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Perhaps only time will tell if the culture of cars will end.
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Advantages of limiting car usuage? Is that even possible?
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Yes, there are many advantages of limiting your car usage
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one of them being the money you'll be saving,
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another being less pollution.
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A lot of people don't care that they're wasting money on their cars or polluting the world, But what if we all gave up our cars and went eco friendly? Could you imagine how much money you'd save.
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As said by Heidrun Walter in source one, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Loosing their cars isn't a big deal to them, it relives them of stress and money. To park in a large garage was $40,000 along with buying your house. Then there's gas prices and maintence, cars can be expensive. P...
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I know it sounds crazy, giving up your car, that's your freedom, your transportation to get from point A to point B. In Bogota, they have a car-free day. Only busses and taxis are allowed to be driving. It sounds completely out of the ordinary for us Americans to even think of not having our cars. Souce three says "The...
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Source four says that recent studdies suggest that Americans are buying less cars, they're getting fewer licenses as the years go by. Researchers wonder, "has America passed peak driving?" Why is that? The United States has been the car culture. As said in the article, "it is the birthplace of Model T; the home of Detr...
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everyone has that fear in their head about car crashes killing them or taking the life of their teenager,
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so they stop driving. In reference to me, my mother won't allow me to drive untill I am 18 years old, the legal age to drive is 16. You can get your permit when you're 15 years old, only being allowed to drive with a driver over the age of 21. What's stopping everyone?
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Driving is every where. How do you get to work? you drive. Grocerey store? The mall? you drive. There is more options though, you don't have to drive. You can brike, or walk or ride the bus. It saves you money. Pollution is a world wide thing, so is driving but with everyone working together and these "car-free days" ...
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There is a lot of things that cause pollution, but there is one pollution that is imparticular that pertains to these stories and that's air pollution.
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Air pollution is caused by fossil fuels. So people around the world are cutting car usage to prevent anything bad from happening.
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The advantages of limiting car usage are less air pollution
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more exercies
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and little burning of fossil fuels.
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In the article "In german suburb, life goes on without cars," by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it says that in Vauban, Germany the residents have given up their cars. In Vauban they are forbidden to use cars. They made everything close together so tha the residents can be at walking distance. "When I had a car I was always tens...
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In the next article it talks about Paris baning driving. Paris ban driving due to smog. They were using diesel oil since Frane has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesel makes up mor than half of France's vehicles. Paris has more smog than other European capitals. In Paris they had to make people with an...
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In the next article Colombia has their own car-free day. All the people in Colombia are doing outdoor activities that don't involve cars. This is their third straight year that cars are ban. "There was slight rain, but that did not stop people from particpating," said Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus. For the first time Cal...
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In conclusion, These articles generally talk about how some countries are trying to stop people from polluting the air. The advantages of limiting car usage are less air pollution, more exercies, and little burning of fossil fuels.                  
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People all over the world use cars to drive to work or take their children to school. To most people, the automobile is an everyday part of life. But there are downsides to the extreme usage of cars. Some people are noting this trend and are begining to limit their car usage.
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Two of the many advantages of limiting the use of cars are
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