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The foreign born residents or the native born resident?

Metro Rapid buses are a greener alternative to cars, but poor service frequently makes them overcrowded

Ali Modarres wrote an article titled, “Immigrants are ‘Greening’ our cities, How about giving them a break?” In the article, Modarres writes about how immigrants are ‘greening’ our cities by using public transportation.  Meanwhile, native born residents have lived in the United States for a longer time so they’re more likely to use a car for transportation. Cars are know for being a big contribution to global warming because of the toxins that car emits to the air. Many cities in the US have public transportation which includes of buses and rails that run on natural compressed gas and clean energy.

Overall, more than a quarter of the immigrants who have arrived since 2000 use an alternative mode of transportation to work. If the rest of America could do the same, we’d be a bit ‘greener’ already.

Immigrants that enter that country are most likely to use public transportation. There are a lot of misconceptions about immigrants in the US, but immigrants are pushing our cities towards a green movement. Immigrants are using public transportation (or the bus) to go to work, school, and running errands. And although public transportation agencies know that more buses would help the environment, they continue to waste money on projects that are specifically made for the rich class.