Public Transportation’s Impact on the Environment and Communities of Color in the City of Boston

One city in America where correlated inequities exist through the environment and public transportation is Boston, Massachusetts. Whilst being the first city in America to exhibit public transportation, the question of whether transportation is fair and equal for all demographics that use it still prevails. This inquisition leads to the thought of: to what extent would free public transportation impact the environment and communities of color in Boston? Free public transport would positively impact the environment by reducing automobile emissions through no fare collection and decreasing traffic in the street through increased ridership on transit, therefore having a significant improvement to the air pollution that disproportionately affects communities of color in Boston.