12. Transportation
 
Definition:
 
The act of transporting something from one location to another.  WordNet, Princeton University
 
What are some of the problems related to this issue?
 
Americans now use automobiles for more than 90 percent of their daily trips. An average person travels more than 9,000 miles a year by car, compared with less than 4,000 miles four decades ago. The average driver spends 443 hours a year behind the wheel. Christian Science Monitor 10/15/03
 
Children who lived near streets traveled by more than 20,000 cars
a day were six times more likely to develop cancer than those who
lived in quieter neighborhoods, where local traffic was less than
500 vehicles per day, the study found. Monitor Publishing, 2000
 
One-quarter of all car journeys are less than two
miles. A 3km walk uses up about half the energy in a small bar of
chocolate. The same distance by car expends 10 times as much energy
but from the wrong source. We can make chocolate but oil reserves are
finite. The Guardian (London) January 18, 2003
 
Motor vehicles are responsible for about one-third of global oil use,
but for nearly two-thirds of US oil use. In the rest of the world,
heating and power generation account for most oil use.
The Guardian (London) January 18, 2003
 
Most popular car driven by CA legislators: Ford Expedition consume 12-18 mpg. Santa Cruz Sentinel 5/5/02
 
An F16 uses more fuel in one hour than average car owner uses in 2 years. bikeroute.com
 
Thousands of acres of critical wetlands are lost each year to highway construction. Water sources are contaminated by tons of salts poured onto highways and from oil dripped from cars. New Transportation Vision
 

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