Conserving Energy and Preserving the Environment
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: US D.O.T
THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION
1. Introduction
As the United States strives to achieve greater energy efficiency and
independence and to improve the environment, the role of transportation has
become paramount. America consumes more energy
and produces more
pollution in mobility and travel than in any other activity. It
follows that any
serious effort to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and make significant
additional progress on the environment must address
the way Americans
travel.
This study examines the role of public transportation in conserving
energy and
reducing pollution. The data show that traveling by
public transportation, per
person and per mile, uses significantly less energy and produces substantially
less pollution than comparable travel by private vehicles.
We find that
increasing the role of public transportation can provide
the most
effective
strategy available for reducing energy consumption and improving the
environment without imposing new taxes and government
regulations
on the
economy or consumers
2 Our communities, the economy and much of our lives are organized around
our ability to travel easily and efficiently from home to work or school
, to shop
or
play, to receive medical care or just for the sheer pleasure of traveling (1)
This
freedom has certain costs that accompany its many benefits (2)
Vehicles
public and private have to be purchased and operated. (3)roads must be built
and maintained laws must be enforced so many people can travel at the same
Which BEST describes the organizational method used in this passage?
A
spatial order
B
simple listing
C
comparison/contrast
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D
chronological order