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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published numerous guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic to help maintain public safety. And with assembly studies confirming thatwearing face masks, Wash your hands, andsocial distancing It seems to be the keys to slow the spread of COVID-19, many local and national leaders believe the CDC recommendations have helped to obtain control cases under control. But a newly published directive has certain officialspushing against the CDC, Reports CNBC. The public health agency recommends that employees return to solo disk instead of carpooling or taking public transport, in order to avoidtransmission of person to person. Some officials believe that the increase in congestion and emissions that would create for the environment outweigh the risks with respect to coronavirus.

"Promoting the use of the private vehicle as a public health strategy is like the prescription of sugar to reduce dental caries,"Lawrence Frank, PhD, urban planning andpublic health teacher At the University of British Columbia, CNBC said. Many officials also fear that the increased flight of urban towns to peripheral suburbs will only aggravate this problem than the pandemic continues.

Local officials have decried the guideline of the CDC as something that will only encourage road clearance traffic in overcrowded cities, even if the board can be more effective in rural areas. transportation experts have also raised the concern that dense cities already overcharged will have a sudden increase in suburbanTravel on the roads in, Bridges and obsolete infrastructures that simply can not handle them.

"Encourage people, especially those without cars and inCluttered areas like New York, Not to take public transportation is unwise "Patrick FoyePresident of the MTA, said in a statement last week. "Transit is, and has long been, the best way to get around the city, [and] ourTransport and bus system is cleaner And safer than it has been in history, as we own and disinfect around the clock. »(New York City has usedUV light technology with metro lines disinfectAs shown below).

Some experts have recommended the addition of bike paths to encourage everyoneavoiding public transport to pedal in town. Some cities have even seenA peak in bicycle sharing memberships since the beginning of the pandemic.

But with cars likeThe first contributor of greenhouse gases In the United States, many fear that solo conductors have increased on the roads will do incredibleLong-term climate damage with increased emissions. "If the virus decreases the use of public transit and increases a single passenger, this change could be well anchored for years and would be devastating for climate action"Jackson Rob, Professor at Stanford University andPresident of Global Carbon Project, Told CNBC. and consideringThe decrease of 11 percent of emissions planned for 2020, this comes as particularly bad news.

Many experts still hope that the newly created "homework" culture will last long after stay at the end of the home orders. But with the number of public transport users at the lowest time, there may be little hope for fewer drivers count what. And for more ways to stay safe on the road, see7 errors that you do every time you enter your car.