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An estimated 80 to 90 percent of a car’s environmental impact results from its fuel consumption and emissions, which cause pollution and the greenhouse gases that are a leading cause of global warming.18 There are also less-talked-about environmental impacts from automobile manufacturing and disposal. According to a National Geographic article:

Automotive production leaves a giant footprint because materials like steel, rubber, glass, plastics, paints, and many more must be created before a new ride is ready to roll. Similarly, the end of a car’s life doesn’t mark the end of its environmental impact. Plastics, toxic battery acids, and other products may stay in the environment.19

Most human-powered mobility networks are limited only by small budgets or immutable transit policymakers who refuse to adequately support them. To reduce uncertainty in planning and funding, municipalities should require that any new real estate development or urban infrastructure project include funding to connect it with a human-powered mobility network.