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The solutions have potentially huge cascading effects: Obviously, a more pedestrian-friendly infrastructure leads to fewer cars and less environmental pollution, but it also creates more opportunities for physical activity and socialization and, therefore, healthier and happier populations.
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The result is faster travel for riders, less pollution from idling and more fuel savings for the city.
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The economy as a whole runs more efficiently by using less oil and producing less pollution.
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin points to other benefits, too: greater mobility for people with disabilities, more productivity for commuters now stuck in traffic, less congestion and less pollution.
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Admittedly there is natural gas: demand for the stuff is growing more rapidly than demand for oil, in part because burning it produces less pollution.
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And that means that things like wind energy suddenly become more appealing because they don't produce those pollution -- those pollutants, and other sources of energy become less appealing because they do produce those pollutants.
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