Let's form a citizen's group to pressure the city to come up with real development plan

[austinguy2009]

Originally Posted by dv1033

Cars contribute to Houston's air quality less than DFW's metro (which is larger) and more than ATL's (which is smaller) even though all cities share similar car use. Houston's air is from the manufacturing base (petro, refining, etc.), trucks carrying freight/cargo due to Houston being a very large distribution, and the Port. Getting cars off the road would have less than an impact than you would imagine.



Tell that to Austin, Austinguy. Have you forgotten how Austin sprawls from Georgetown to Kyle? Austin is developed exactly like Houston, probably worse truth be told.

I live in Houston now.
Saying that austin has problems too doesn't have anything to do with Houstons own problems. It's irrelevant.
I realize that manufacturing is the bulk of the particulate pollution here (which causes the high cancer rates btw) but most of the ozone pollution is from cars.

[dv1033]

Originally Posted by austinguy2009

I live in Houston now.
Saying that austin has problems too doesn't have anything to do with Houstons own problems. It's irrelevant.
I realize that manufacturing is the bulk of the particulate pollution here (which causes the high cancer rates btw) but most of the ozone pollution is from cars.

It is pretty relevant since, why are you making a big deal about Houston when there are plenty of other cities that share similar problems.

And since you realize how "manufacturing is the bulk of the particulate pollution here", can you please tell me how most of the ozone pollution is from cars and how it is made from cars, opposed to freight trucks.