text: With a change in one's daily life, the linear relationship between car usage and carbon emmissions, means that as car usage decreases so does pollution. In "The End of Car Culture," Elisabeth Rosenthal comments on the scientific opinion regarding this cause and effect relationship in America: "If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment." Cars are a large contributor to the increasing amount of waste and toxins that make one's air water polluted. Therefore, with a drop in the usage of cars, people and land will be become healthier and cleaner. Emissions are also a problem in Europe where the "Day Without Cars" was used to promote "alternative transportation" in order to reduce "smog."(Selsky) Cars are often used get to specific places such as work or school. So why would two people drive two seperate cars if they're going to the same place? By using public transportation such as a bus or subway, one is killing two birds with one stone by using a smaller amount of gas and fossil fuels to delivery two people to their desired locations, a smarter and cleaner choice.