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Far more people in Marin County will die from diseases caused by air pollution from cars, exasperated by the bay area's inability to properly zone development a

Far more people in Marin County will die from diseases caused by air pollution from cars, exasperated by the bay area's inability to properly zone development and build real mass transit solutions. You would think that they would try to fix the actual problems in their community, but I guess it's easier to set policy based on an article they read on some conspiracy blog.

claydavisss 8y ago
Doubt it, most women in Mill Valley go no further than the yoga studio at 11am. Commuting, and even working is for plebians. Issues like this only flare up in communities of rich, bored liberals, of which Mill Valley is the standard bearer.
- encoderer 8y ago
  False. Try again, without the sexism.
briandear 8y ago
They’ll die from measles first.
ac29 8y ago
Anyone who's sat in Bay Area traffic wants changes -- don't let that cloud the facts: car based transportation is not a major source of emissions in the Bay Area, and overall emissions have been dropping since at least 1990 [1]. Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5, aka the stuff that causes disease) is less than 20% due to on-road vehicles. The big sources are "combustion" (burning organic matter) and fires. [1] [1] http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/Files/Planning%20and%20Research/Emission%20Inventory/BY2011_CAPSummary.ashx?la=en http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/Files/Planning%20and%20Researc...
- jquast 8y ago
  That report doesn't cover pollutants created by brake dust, which is a problem even from electric vehicles. See https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170303091332.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170303091332.h... I just wanted to suggest that respiratory health issues caused by vehicle traffic may be a more complicated issue than the metrics of that report suggests.
glalonde 8y ago
Exacerbated. I think, is the word you were going for.
slantaclaus 8y ago
PREACH

claydavisss 8y ago

Doubt it, most women in Mill Valley go no further than the yoga studio at 11am. Commuting, and even working is for plebians. Issues like this only flare up in communities of rich, bored liberals, of which Mill Valley is the standard bearer.

encoderer 8y ago
False. Try again, without the sexism.

briandear 8y ago

They’ll die from measles first.

ac29 8y ago

Anyone who's sat in Bay Area traffic wants changes -- don't let that cloud the facts: car based transportation is not a major source of emissions in the Bay Area, and overall emissions have been dropping since at least 1990 [1]. Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5, aka the stuff that causes disease) is less than 20% due to on-road vehicles. The big sources are "combustion" (burning organic matter) and fires. [1] [1] http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/Files/Planning%20and%20Research/Emission%20Inventory/BY2011_CAPSummary.ashx?la=en http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/Files/Planning%20and%20Researc...

jquast 8y ago
That report doesn't cover pollutants created by brake dust, which is a problem even from electric vehicles. See https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170303091332.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170303091332.h... I just wanted to suggest that respiratory health issues caused by vehicle traffic may be a more complicated issue than the metrics of that report suggests.

glalonde 8y ago

Exacerbated. I think, is the word you were going for.

slantaclaus 8y ago

PREACH