Blog Post No. 6 Global environmental issues: Traffic pollution.

      Santiago is one of the most contaminated cities in the country. It has a lot of different kinds of pollution, but the most common is traffic pollution.

     Every day we have to face pollution, especially traffic contamination and this is completely our fault. Traffic pollution is mainly caused by the congestion of public transport(buses) and private transport(cars). The traffic congestion increases the vehicle emissions and degrades ambient air quality.  This makes people sick and stressful. All this congestion is caused in a specific time of the day which is in the morning from 6.30 a.m to 8 a.m and in the evening from 5 p.m to 9 p.m. For that reason, most of the time people choose to commute by train than in their own car because it takes less time. Other people just avoid this issue and learn to live with it which is really bad for their health. Thus, traffic pollution is one of the biggest errors caused by man because it damages the air and our life conditions.

     In chile, the government is giving to as a lot of prevention methods. We need to be aware of this and do at least on of them to contribute with the city welfare. First, if our travel to work take less than thirty minutes we can use a bike because cycling can be really quicker than buses or cars and it is also good for our health and we will be more hearty. Secondly, if our commuting takes thirty minutes to one hour we can share cars with other partners, this is going to be less expensive and we are going to save money. Finally, if we do not have a bike or a car we can use the subway, but we have to wake up earlier than usual to take the train on time and have a comfortable commute by doing this, we will avoid the traffic jam. For example, normally a commute to work take at least one hour and a half, but if we use the subway our commute will not take less than forty-five minutes to one hour. All of this methods can make big differences in our lifestyles and we will help with the well-being of our city.

   In conclusion, we need to be aware of what is going on in our city because pollution is a big problem and we cannot avoid it, we have to contribute with authorities to clean of contamination our city.