Adi Talwar
Vehicles produce high levels of ozone and fine particulate matter, leading to billions of dollars in health costs and premature deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
“There is a real solution: end the off-street parking requirements mandated by archaic zoning laws enacted when gas was cheap and full of lead, elevated trains were being torn down, and flying cars were the future. With climate change now posing an existential threat, it is time to move on.”
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