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