No Cars Persuasive Essay

A car, something we use in our everyday lives that we don't give much thought about. What if one day cars weren't there anymore? Would we care, would it be a big deal? Something we would never expect to happen has already happened in many places (Germany, Paris and Colombia). This transportation situation isn't an epidemic; its a resolution to many of the worlds problems. So, why would these cities remove cars, to benefit their residents, environmental factors? Well all of those indeed are the correct answer and, who knows, the United States might be next. Cars travel us around the world and the places we travel about are important to those places rulers, such as a mayor. Mayors want their cities to flourish and be the best it can be, so they

Then you have the healthy area where no cars keeps people more active. “stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway”. (Rosenthal) With stores a walking distance more people would be able to do what they have to do while just walking to the closest store. This keeping people active and healthy, and healthy people are more happier. This makes the environment of the city more positive. This is all due to no cars. Because of no cars they need to make stores walking distances so people can get to them since this is in the same town in Germany where there are no

Well there is more places. In Bogota it was “Car-free day” (Selsky) Also right in front of our faces, “President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions”. (Selsky) and “recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by”. (Selsky) This should show that so many people are starting to notice how reducing cars improve so many things and leave advantages in place of drawbacks. One day America might be next with the removal of cars, but that wouldn't be