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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%20Researc...

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.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.

They’ll die from measles first.

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

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