Suburban commuters are big polluters

As more and more people move into dense urban environments, accessing public transportation, the suburb remain a formidable source of carbon pollution. This is a big deal for Ann Arbor when you consider that 70 percent of U-M's employees do not live in the city.

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"Suburban commuters are, and will continue to be, a leading source of vehicular carbon chemicals unless they're provided alternative means of transportation."

"This hypothesis—that emissions from suburban car commuters negates the benefits of green transit in urban cores—is supported by a 2014 study by the University of California. That research concluded that populous cities with small carbon footprints are generally surrounded by gas-guzzling suburbs."

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