The population of Metro Atlanta has more than doubled since 1982, bringing the
estimated total of residents to more than three million. Atlanta, being the hub city of the
South Eastern United States, is facing many air pollution and traffic congestion problems
due to the number of people driving automobiles everyday. The population increase
has feed the tripling of the system wide daily vehicle miles traveled. It has been estimated
that Atlantans drive approximately thirty-four miles a day, bringing the total yearly
vehicle miles traveled in Atlanta up to a staggering 45.7 billion. Residents are averaging
more than seventy- seven minutes in their vehicles, per motorist per day ; that is 1.7
billion hours per year being spent on the Atlanta roadways. These conditions have led to
the waste of 169 million gallons of gasoline per year in this city alone. All of this has
brought Atlanta to the rank of number two for the most air pollution......
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