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I'm not saying that either of you are right or wrong, but cars are one of the main (if not the main) contributors to noise pollution in cities.
by cassianoleal 3y ago
I'm not saying that either of you are right or wrong, but cars are one of the main (if not the main) contributors to noise pollution in cities.
- tivert 3y ago> I'm not saying that either of you are right or wrong, but cars are one of the main (if not the main) contributors to noise pollution in cities. If that's true, I think the right way to think about it is transportation is the contributor to noise pollution, not cars specifically. We're not getting rid of transportation. If you somehow got rid of cars, bus, train, and truck traffic would have to increase to compensate.
- cassianoleal 3y agoI'm not sure where truck traffic fits in this equation. As for the others, you're probably right. That said, we don't necessarily need to get rid of cars. EVs are much less pollutant than ICEs, both in terms of air and noise. They don't solve tyre pollution. Getting rid of (or massively reducing the reliance on) cars might have other advantages though. Less honking, for one. Probably less police, ambulance and firefighter sirens since it's likely to be less traffic. Fewer people shouting with other drivers. Busses can be made fairly silent. Trains, especially underground metro ones, are not all that disruptive to the general city life. Again, I'm not saying any particular solution is necessarily correct or desired. I just went off and tried to picture what it could look like.