1. Impact of the Automobile
Urban Planning
Impact of the Automobile

2. Costs to the Environment
Large parking lots compete with prime farmland
Car exhaust creates air pollution
Construction and maintenance of roads disrupts habitats and creates pollution
Energy consumption (gas, oil, cost to make car)
Traffic congestion

3. Costs to the Consumer Rising food costs due to decrease in farmland
Smog-related illness
Road tolls
Parking fees
High gas prices and fuel tax
Traffic jam stress
High cost of purchasing a car/insurance

4. Benefit to the Consumer
Convenience****
Get to destination faster
Carry more goods
Drive anywhere
Efficient
Flexibility
Price of automobile varies
Inexpensive purchases still are nice
Prestigious cars
What else??