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a healthier environment for you and your children,
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9A03A016C1C3
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exercise by walking or riding a bike
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9A03A016C1C3
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saving money on parking and gas
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9A03A016C1C3
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Limiting car usage would be beneficial for the environment because the gas wouldn't polute the air.
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9A03A016C1C3
1,622,238,176,885
274
818
Green house gas emissions from tailpipes polute the air that everyone is breathing. If the car usage was limited, then the air would start to become fresh again. Stated in the passage, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive area...
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9A03A016C1C3
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Limiting car usage isn't a big move like most people are making it out to be. Walking to pick up your child from school isn't such a bad thing! It gives you bonding time to spend with them outdoors. You can walk or ride a bike to the park to play. Especially if it is less than 1 mile! Walking is a great way to exercise...
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9A03A016C1C3
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Having a car is expensive!
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9A03A016C1C3
1,622,238,271,078
1,274
1,922
You have to pay for gas, which is expensive, and you have to pay to park your car! If you live in the area where you want to go, walk! But if you're going to the grocery store, obviously you would take your car if you're getting a lot at the store. You have to pay to park in the parking garage and that is $40,000 with ...
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9A03A016C1C3
1,622,238,354,417
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2,014
As you can see, you don't need to drive a car. Yes, you can drive a car, but why would you?
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9A03A016C1C3
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You have buses, and trains, and other ways of transportation. This way, you don't have to pay for gas to go to the park. Not using your car is healthy for the environment and it's great exercise. It's a good way to get outdoors and have a nice walk. So please, just try using your car a little bit less everyday and soon...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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45C958E01BAE
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Many people in the world today are quite desperate to see change in their life. They are seeking a better life, something new and fun, and to do it for cheap. Walking or riding bike is the cleanest way to do all these things at once.
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45C958E01BAE
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The more people that are not using cars, the more accidents will be prevented
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45C958E01BAE
1,622,465,061,511
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And there is no limit to how many people you can walk with. There's no cost to walk, you just do it. It's something the whole family can do together and enjoy the journey somewhere rather than being on their devices
Evidence
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45C958E01BAE
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. In addition, fuel is not emmiting from your body into the atmosphere rupturing the Ozone creating all this Global Warming
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45C958E01BAE
1,622,465,028,063
652
815
Creating a world where transportation vehicles are obsolete will nt only benefit the people of this world, but the planet itself, and for the future generations.
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45C958E01BAE
1,622,464,869,108
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Accidents would be almost non-exsistent if we were to gert rid of motherized vehicles.
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45C958E01BAE
1,622,464,875,061
903
1,372
In the article, "in German suburb, life goes on without cars" the author talks about how there are already cities in the world that have not banned cars, but choose not to use them. The people in those areas are close to no accidents at all. If there are no cars in the road then how can there be a car accident? The way...
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45C958E01BAE
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Any doctor in the world no matter how young, or where they live will tell their patients that exercise is the only way to stay healthy, energized, and feeling young throughout their life. Without cars getting from one place to another will require another means fr transportation. Now either wait for the bus and be late...
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45C958E01BAE
1,622,464,907,230
1,749
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It's cheap and effective not only for you but the enviorment.
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Claim 4
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45C958E01BAE
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1,813
2,371
Fuel creates a gas that later rips open holes in the Ozone layer. Creating Global Warming which then in turn leads to higher taxes to allow for more money to be used in research to save it. Or you can take action now and save up for a bike rather than a car. It takes less management and doesnt take fuel. Just good old ...
Evidence
Evidence 4
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45C958E01BAE
1,622,465,078,512
2,372
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In the four articles they all talk about the negative in driving rather than the positive. The reason is because there are more negatives to the industrialiaztion of a car rather than just going back to the way our ancestors used to be. Even our young as our vary own parents are amazed at how much damage this generatio...
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ACA7AD2E5716
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In America cars are the number 1 means of transpertation they also making up for 50% of the polution in America.
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ACA7AD2E5716
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Using a walking tranzit instead would obviously be the easiest and most immediate solution to this problem,
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ACA7AD2E5716
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but what about the people who can't get where they need to go without it
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ACA7AD2E5716
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This solution also could help America's obesity problem.
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ACA7AD2E5716
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The practice of banning automobiles is obviously obserd, but is the easiest to tackle the growing obesity problem and pollution problem at the same time.
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ACA7AD2E5716
1,622,205,234,543
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On the border of sweden and Europe there is a close-nit community called Vauban and in this community there is a ban on vehicles. This pollutant free community and high density is essentially what we should be shooting for. The city/town needs to be built for this kind of transportation obviously you can't have the gen...
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ACA7AD2E5716
1,622,205,262,390
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Cars are the most affordable means of automatic transportation it really is hard to the habit you have already forged over a century ago
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ACA7AD2E5716
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But the fact remains thats why the air is so polluted and why kids are so fat tyhese days.
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ACA7AD2E5716
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In America the natural use of automobiles is going down without the implication of any bans on automobiles. This is belived by sociologist in paragraph 34 to be because the decrease in employment and income of citizens in America.
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ACA7AD2E5716
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European countries have set the stage for the automobile revolution it is only a matter of time until we stop letting cars own us. The atmosphere and money income will improve naturally, Because we will spend less on cars and mind more to to Earth.
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131614E5C301
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Cars have always been apart of American culture. From the "...birth place of the Model T; the home of Detroit; the place where Wilson Pickett immortalized "'Mustang Sally'"(The End of Car Culture, Rosenthal) Cars and automobils have impacted our everyday lifes from going to the store to hanging out with friends, but ca...
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131614E5C301
1,623,093,999,549
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509
A new movemnent is trending everywhere, it's called "smart planning". It's simple, separate subarban life from auto use.
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131614E5C301
1,623,094,051,923
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In doing so this movement is going to help out the econdomy and also the enviorment.
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131614E5C301
1,623,094,097,446
1,316
1,719
The infamous smog is not only in Bejing, or the United States, but also in The City of Love. "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals...[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London..." (Paragraph 17, Duffer) The city ...
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131614E5C301
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Not only that but it also has been great for the enviorment.
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131614E5C301
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Most people would think "I could never do that! No one could live like that and still make a living!" Honestly though, it's been doing the city of Bogota in Colombia, a city comprimised of 7 million citizens a favor. They held a event for only one day evey year since the mid 1990s to improve and "...promote alternive t...
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131614E5C301
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Just one day a week could cut down smog and other green house gasses a lot and help our enviroment and the edodomey.
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131614E5C301
1,623,095,011,460
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Back in the 1950's people had to use cars to do eveything. From talking to a friend face to face to going to the nearest resturant. But now you can do all of that in your own living room, due to technology that has advanced us to be able to use Facetime, Skype, or Oovoo to talk to our friends face to face using out pho...
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131614E5C301
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you could to this to stop in increes of smog in our enviorment and even help with traffic jams. And without traffic jams eveyone is less stressed out and a lot more happier.
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131614E5C301
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By not using our cars as much, we can help ourselves and everyone aroud us by making a better world that makes it better for our children, or even our childrens' children.
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131614E5C301
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We can save money by just taking one day off of not driving. We should limit car use so we can stop car accedents from happening, getting stressed in traffic jams, to helping out the economical heart of the United States, and just to make our world a better place to have fun and thrive in.
Concluding Statement
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BF45A993373E
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207
In your everyday life, just about anywhere you go you will see people traveling from place to place in their own veichles. Is the idea of us, as indivisuals, not owning our own motor veichles even an option
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BF45A993373E
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The idea of not being able to transport where you need to be when you need to be there is a terrorfying thought. But, when put into consideration you will find it some what reasonable
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BF45A993373E
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Just think about it, all the toxins released into the air and all the traffic we can be stuck in for hours at a time!
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BF45A993373E
1,622,074,726,628
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1,082
Reducing the clutter and the use of oils is enfact very possible. Residents in Vauban, Germany have copletely almost completly cut owing cars out of their community. 70 percent of Vauban's familys don't own cars while 57 percent sold their cars to move there. With mostly "car-free" streets with the exception of the ma...
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BF45A993373E
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This example has most certainly envulenced Paris enforcing a partial driving ban. pollution, a large issue in the streets of paris, is being reduced with a driving ban fining anyone who did not leave their cars at home. After five days of this ban, congestion in france was down 60 percent.
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BF45A993373E
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Though completely banning cars may be found inconfiniate or extreme, Bogota, colombia, takes place in this uprising craze by devoting one day a year to "The Day Without Cars". By doing this they strive to promote alternative transportation and reduce clutter in this capital city. Violators of this event would recieve 2...
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BF45A993373E
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These changes are most certainly revolutionary and are changing the way we see our lifes and the way we see transportation.
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BF45A993373E
1,622,074,986,611
2,422
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The idea of us working, learning, and living without indivisual automoblies is becoming to look like a huge possibilty. The fact that there are communties taking part in this act, reducing polution and clutter, show that this very well could be part of a change for us and the way we live. With the owner-ship of automob...
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5382172C375E
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Smog is proof that pollution is a problem. Cars produce pollution from the combustion of gasoline which causes extreme smog in dense cities. Paris is one of the cities that has smog mostly from cars
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. So most cities are now trying to convince people that live there to switch from cars to buses, walking, or riding a bicycle.
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5382172C375E
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Paris has recently set a partial driving band in there city because of record pollution levels that were being caused by automobiles. The smog in paris had become so intense and severe that they had to create a driving band to correctly limit the pollution being made. "...Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter ...
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5382172C375E
1,622,596,826,162
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This extremly high smog ratio and prooves the pollutin from automobiles is causing the problem because after a week with the band the smog had almost cleared fully.
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5382172C375E
1,622,596,859,887
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Colombia has the same problem as Paris. Instead of weekly baneds on even and odd licensed plated vechiles Colombia has a 100% no car day with only taxis and buses allowed into the city. This day is dedicated to help people find new ways of transportation instead of personal veichles. Any violaters of the law face a $25...
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5382172C375E
1,622,596,852,933
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All of these efforts have decreased traffic and now new restraunts and shopping malls have been created. Plus there has been a signifigant decrease in smog.
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5382172C375E
1,622,597,178,243
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America is also trying to get in on the anti-pollution ideas coming from Colombia and Paris. Since America's love for vechiles is starting to decrease they are now able to try and decrease the vehcile usage. Population growth is a high contributing factor in this because with this cities slowly become denser and denser...
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5382172C375E
1,622,597,169,535
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They can walk there along the many sidewalks in the city. In New York there is a program to share a bicycle
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5382172C375E
1,622,597,185,478
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which has increased the bridge and tunnel tolls for cars because of all the people who no longer use their cars making cars more expensive to drive. Their has also been a drop in the young adult getting their license because they simply do not need it."A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 p...
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5382172C375E
1,622,597,264,829
2,748
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Smog is a big problem in all cities like Colombia and Paris and they are almost all taking action to decrease it and its been working. Many cities and countries goal are to decrease the amount of their citizens require driving. This will in turn cause their citizens to resort to other means of transportation and slowly...
Concluding Statement
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45A87F46D89C
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Not using cars or not using cars as much can be extremely benefitial
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not only the enviroment
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45A87F46D89C
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also to the health of people
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45A87F46D89C
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Getting excersise is extremely important in modern times heart diesease is a major factor in todays society and that can be easily prevented with minutes of excersise everyday . The less you drive the more your bound to walk or ride a bike to your destination
Evidence
Evidence 1
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45A87F46D89C
1,622,497,508,769
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While having completely carless communities can be an inconvinice . Cutting back on car usage and even using hybrid cars can be benefitial to the enviroment
Evidence
Evidence 2
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45A87F46D89C
1,622,497,374,253
562
857
Even in the United States cars are becoming less relivant. Not because they are not useful but because cities are becoming so compact that there is no longer a use to drive cars to stores and shops. The only time people drive is for long distance or to work or school when it is cold or raining
Evidence
Evidence 3
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45A87F46D89C
1,622,497,424,336
858
1,225
If I could ride the bus to and from school I would, but, they refuse to pick me up in the mornings so I drive my moms SUV istead while im not complaining because I dont have to ride in sticky seats or be constantly harassed by the kid behind me kicking my seat. Driving an SUV (which is also extremely hard to park)...
Evidence
Evidence 4
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45A87F46D89C
1,622,497,434,580
1,226
1,369
While I tried walking it was difficult getting to school on time and i was depleeted of energy. So driving became the most efficient way.
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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0A532E02360A
1,622,089,348,653
0
67
Limiting car usage can and will benifent us in all different ways.
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0A532E02360A
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With doing this the pollution rate will go down and make the Earth a better place.
Claim
Claim 1
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0A532E02360A
1,622,731,102,550
276
383
Not everyone is doing this, Vauban, Paris, and Bogota are the main places that are trying or have started .
Evidence
Evidence 1
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0A532E02360A
1,622,731,241,875
391
730
As stated in passage #2, After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the gobal city. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters and 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday, ac...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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0A532E02360A
1,622,731,274,233
731
888
After reading this i feel like it's a good things that people are starting to do somethng like this, i just don't find it right that people are being fined,
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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0A532E02360A
1,622,731,291,312
888
1,091
they could have gave people a warning and gave them a time line to find out how there were going to get around and make to far places they had to go. Not everyone has a bike, and alot of people have kids
Rebuttal
Rebuttal 1
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0A532E02360A
1,622,731,297,609
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At least they are making it were the public transit is free and working certant days.
Evidence
Evidence 3
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0A532E02360A
1,622,731,321,665
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2,166
In passage #3 it states that,In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only bus...
Evidence
Evidence 4
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0A532E02360A
1,622,731,333,642
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i believe that going a day without any transportation would be good, maybe not just on day, but i also feel like you shouldn't gat rid of cars all the way. People being fined for not wanting to just do it for one day should get there cars tookin away, they don't deserve to ride around and polute our air. But taking car...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,166,760
0
103
People might agree with Car-free day. But i disagree with it. Now i will tell you three why I disagree.
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1,622,577,181,049
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138
people might be late to work
Claim
Claim 1
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5D0C75BD050F
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147
203
people have to pay to take buses or taxi's to go places.
Claim
Claim 2
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,434,817
209
285
people might not have time to wait because they have to go somewhere urgent.
Claim
Claim 3
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,253,534
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337
people would be late to work.
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Claim 4
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,272,668
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785
There are people who probaly have to go to work across the city or maybe even another state. Others probaly dont own bikes or any alternative transportation. Few other people are just not fit and would have to stop and get a brake because there to tired. Also people might have night shifts and it would be dangerous to ...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,291,626
792
832
people have to pay for buses or taxi's.
Claim
Claim 5
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,302,504
832
1,262
Sure people have cars but that doesnt mean they make alot of money so in that case they probaly cant afford to take that form of transportation. More than likely the buses and taxi's are raising the prices for that day since alot more people are taking them. Alot of people would be taking this form of transportation so...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,333,618
1,296
1,339
people might have to go some where urgent.
Claim
Claim 6
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,346,516
1,351
1,832
if someone gets hurt really bad and they cant wait for a taxi to come pick him/her up, he/she could die. Another example would be a pet getting hurt and it has to go to the vet. Taxi's most likely wont let you have pets in the car. And for a fact the buses wouldent let you either. So the pet could die also. You might o...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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5D0C75BD050F
1,622,577,379,035
1,851
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i dont think there should be a Car-free day. I stated my statements by saying, People could be late to work. People might not have enough money to pay for a bus/taxi. And last there might be an emergency and you need to get somewhere quick and you cant because you cant use your car.
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,125,992
0
362
When people hear the word transportation, the first most likely thing that comes to ones mind is car. It is typical to think of a car as just a way to get from one place to another faster, but what about the effects of driving. Cars are one of many things that cause pollution, releasing gases that harms our Earth we li...
Lead
Lead 1
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,138,280
363
432
Limiting car usage could benifit the earth and give you advantages.
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,201,261
433
939
"Paris bans driving due to smog," by  Robert Duffer, the title it self says all, paris has a pollution issue due to the cars that they drive and stated in the article because of  "near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partical driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Because of the actions Paris had to make ...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,191,700
940
1,116
We shouldn't only resort to cars as transportation, inventions such as the bicycle are still around to this day and the percentage rate of bicycles causing pollution is, zero.
Claim
Claim 1
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,442,307
1,117
1,461
Author Andrew Selsky states in his article, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," that millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during the car-free day." This day was done so it can encourage people of altervative transportation and reducetion of smog, and according to the articl...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,435,777
1,462
1,531
"It is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution
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Claim 2
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,564,621
1,580
1,938
The advantages and possiblitys people could have if they limited the usage of vehicles, in Duffers article it is proclaim  that "parks and sport centers also bloomed through out the city." The once beated up side walk, is now restored with "broad, smooth sidewalks," and coming back to the congestion, "rush- hour restri...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,511,371
1,939
2,034
There possiblities bloom with the upscale of shopping districts and new restraunts increasing.
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Claim 3
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,759,395
2,035
2,789
It is understandable for one to not like the idea of reducing the usage of ones car, but if you sit back and realize it, cars are "responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emission" and thats just in Europe. In the United State, there percentage increases to 50 percent. All according to Elisabeth Rosenthal's artic...
Evidence
Evidence 4
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93FAE079492B
1,622,498,776,699
2,790
3,272
The opportunitys that could accore if one just limit the usage of his or hers motor vechile are endless, but it all starts with a choice. Rethink the way you see cars, think about the effect and possiblities that could offend mothernature. The advantages such as building cardio and decreasing of stress and pollution. T...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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15DF5443F192
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0
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Citizens cars are good to have but all the fines and stress they are putting on us makes us not wont to buy a car.
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Lead 1
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15DF5443F192
1,622,501,130,956
114
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But now i see we need to have a change and just start walking and finding another way other then our cars
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