Possible solutions to discuss

1. Air Pollution in Mexico City
Possible Solutions

2. 1. Students have to walk or take public
transportation to school and all school
activities. Keep in mind that there are
no school buses in Mexico City, so kids
who live far away have to to take city
buses.

3. Essential questions:
Will young students have to ride the bus
alone?
If schools are far away, how much longer
will it take to get there?

4. 2. Cars can only be used for
transportation to and from work or
school, and not for errands or
entertainment purposes.

5. Essential questions:
How will people get their groceries?
Will people stop going to the movies,
theater, sporting events?

6. 3. Regardless of the number of family
members or the different places they
need to go, families can only have one
car.

7. Essential questions:
How hard will it be to coordinate the
activities of parents and students with
only one car?
Will people need to use more public
transportation?

8. 4. Car owners have to stop driving
their cars on the weekends, since
weekend activities are not as
important as work and school.

9. Essential questions:
Are there enough buses, or other means
of public transportation, to accommodate
all the people who use them on the
weekends?

10. 5. Car owners must carpool to
work/school with at least two other
people.

11. Essential questions:
What if people in the neighborhood don’t
work or go to school in the same place?
Will it take more time to go out of their
way to pick up coworkers/fellow students?

12. 6. Cars cannot be driven from 6-9 am
since early morning sunlight and heavy
traffic cause the greatest amount of
pollution.

13. Essential questions:
Are there enough buses, or other means
of public transportation, to accommodate
all the people who use them on the
weekends?