Transport & pollution

Using public transport helps reduce air pollution. How?

Fuel for thought: 

• A fully occupied car can use 4 times as much energy as a fully occupied double decker bus.
• In 70 years, vehicles on Britain's roads will have increased ten times.
• Trams run on electricity and produce no air pollution.
• One double decker bus carries as many children to school as 20 full cars
• In the last 30 years, the number of cars on our roads has risen from 12 million to over 20 million

Write 3 good reasons why the British like car travel so much.
Write 3 ways of improving public transport to compete more with cars.