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  2. Health and environmental effects of transport - Wikipedia

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    Some pathways to reduce the carbon emissions of road vehicles have been considerably studied. [5] Energy use and emissions vary largely between modes, causing environmentalists to call for a transition from air and road to rail and human-powered transport, and increase transport electrification and energy efficiency.

  3. What does a city that has spurned cars look like? Olympics ...

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    Changes designed to encourage people in Paris to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.

  4. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution can cause diseases, allergies, and even death; it can also cause harm to animals and crops and damage the natural environment (for example, climate change, ozone depletion or habitat degradation) or built environment (for example, acid rain). [3] Air pollution can occur naturally or be caused by human activities. [4]

  5. Low-emission zone - Wikipedia

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    A low-emission zone (LEZ) is a defined area where access by some polluting vehicles is restricted or deterred with the aim of improving air quality.This may favour vehicles such as bicycles, micromobility vehicles, (certain) alternative fuel vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and zero-emission vehicles such as all-electric vehicles.

  6. Increase in wood burners offsets cuts in pollution from cars ...

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    Government statistics reveal little change in health-harming particulate matter in 2022.

  7. United States vehicle emission standards - Wikipedia

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    The Clean Air Act of 1963 (CAA) was passed as an extension of the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955, encouraging the federal government via the United States Public Health Service under the then-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to encourage research and development towards reducing pollution and working with states to establish their own emission reduction programs.

  8. Vehicle emissions control - Wikipedia

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    All modern cars are now equipped with catalytic converters to further reduce vehicle emissions. Leading up to the 1981 model year in the United States, passenger vehicle manufactures were faced with the challenges in its history of meeting new emissions regulations, how to meet the much more restrictive requirements of the Clean Air Act (United ...

  9. Sustainable transport - Wikipedia

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    Urban areas face today the challenge of making transport sustainable in environmental (CO 2, air pollution, noise) and competitiveness terms while at the same time addressing social concerns. These range from the need to respond to health problems and demographic trends, fostering economic and social cohesion to taking into account the needs of ...