Public transportation has taken a toll on the environment drastically. If there was a decrease in individual transportation, it would lessen pollution in the community. Did you know that it is “estimated that public transportation in the U.S. saves 37 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually,”? With this, we could create healthier communities by decreasing the air pollution. Not only would this decrease air pollution, but it would better the health of those who have “respiratory ailments such as asthma and even cancer.” Although most people think of gas being the main pollutant from cars, they also contain other harmful chemicals such as antifreeze, which is extremely bad for the environment. With decreasing cars in a community, this could allow prevent a demand for roads to be built. Less roads could also benefit the environment and wildlife. Finally, less roads with less cars means that there would be a noticeable decrease in noise pollution. A decrease in noise pollution would benefit everyone in the environment.

Originally, my working thesis was trying to focus on questioning why we do not have a public train transportation in our community. Although, I believe that my original focus has been skewed a little due to the fact that I could not find any articles about pursuing a train system in our town. I decided that the best decision would just to lock into one of my questions and go into a more in depth research about it. The questions that I used for inspiration were: Could this benefit the environment by decreasing individuals dependency on cars, would this improve gas and oil waste, and could this be more of a disadvantage towards the animals in the community? This article allowed me to focus more on the affects of what individual transportation does to the environment.  Overall, I still found the article I chose to be insightful, despite it skewing off of what I originally was interested in learning about.

Article used for information: https://transportation.ucla.edu/blog/5-environmental-benefits-sustainable-transportation#:~:text=Less%20Pollution%20and%20Clearer%20Skies&text=Compared%20with%20driving%20alone%2C%20taking,atmosphere%20and%20improving%20air%20quality.

Does our town need an efficient public transportation source? Would creating an easy and dependable metro system improve the community? Could this benefit the environment by decreasing individuals dependency on cars? Would this improve gas and oil waste?  Would this create easier lives for workers who don’t have a reliable transportation source? Could this be be more of a disadvantage towards the animals in the community?

I find myself struggling to find a passion to talk about a passion fruit. As I stare at this fruit, longing for a spark of inspiration, I feel like the white dots become to be like stars. The passion fruit is hard, circular, and definitely not ripe. The galaxy created on the skin tells its own story. As I await for the next couple days for the passion fruit to slowly rot, the darkness take over. As a gradient from yellow to brown shall fully become brown and skin will shrink and shrivel up is what it takes for a human to enjoy this fruit. The more dead, the more alive I feel.

My time is impending. Maybe not impending, but approaching. My passion fruit is slowly beginning to ripen. As it starts to get wrinkly, it reminds me of an avocado. The texture seems to be quite similar, although the inside is definitely not. I feel a sense of excitement, but also fear that I will not enjoy my passion fruit. The time should be soon. I cannot wait to try a passion fruit for the first time. I feel like a kid wanting to ride a bike for the first time. There’s a sense of nostalgia in my joy. I wish more things felt like this.