How cities are detoxing transportation | Monica Araya

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🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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People around the world are demanding clean air -- and cities are starting to respond, says electrification advocate Monica Araya. She takes us on a world tour of urban areas that are working to fully electrify their transportation systems over the next decade, shifting to emission-free motorcycles, cars, buses, ferries and beyond. See what a future without the internal combustion engine could look like -- and what it will take to get there.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Penn Badgley. I'm guest hosting today.
0:06.4	If you want to learn how to take real, lasting climate action like I do, I want to invite you to join Countdown, Ted's new global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.
0:19.1	So here's a talk from the Countdown Global Launch event
0:21.8	given by electrification advocate Monica Araja.
0:25.4	To hear more of these ideas and get involved,
0:28.5	check out countdown.ted.com
0:30.2	and subscribe to the Countdown podcast
0:32.2	wherever you may be listening to this.
0:36.1	We have known for a long time that air pollution kills people.
0:40.3	We also know that a climate emergency is happening.
0:46.3	These are hardly motivating facts to start a conversation,
0:51.3	but I'm actually here to share good news.
1:01.1	For the first time in our lifetimes, a big detox of transportation is possible,
1:05.5	despite the many problems we have, or perhaps because of them.
1:14.1	The lockdowns of 2020 have been tough, but they also gave us a glimpse of life without the usual noise, congestion and pollution, confronting us with questions about the way we live. The tailpipe
1:23.7	is a symbol of our worst habits, habitsits that we have normalized for too long.
1:31.0	The burning of 100 million barrels of oil every 24 hours
1:37.1	and the extraction behind that oil.
1:40.4	The fumes choking our cities.
1:43.2	The greenhouse gas is going up in the atmosphere and overheating our planet.
1:48.9	None of that is normal.
1:51.0	Nor is air pollution, which can shorten life expectancy by up to 10 years depending on where you live.
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