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Article: Clean air amendments have major transportation focus. (Special Report: Learning to Cope with New Transportation Law)
- Article from:
- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- May 4, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 National League of Cities. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Environmentalists began a major transportation initiative over two years ago by framing several key issues in the context of the reauthorization of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA). While factories and other socalled stationary sources contribute to air pollution and global warming, the principal source of pollution for many communities is the automobile. Over the years, the federal government has tried to control emissions from mobile sources through ever tighter emissions standards and, most recently, through the promotion of cleaner burning gasoline and alternative fuels.
Although these are critical restrictions, as vehicle trips increase at an ...