how to overcome air pollution?

nowadays, many disease had been recognized just because of air pollution..the increasing number of vehicles and factories had bring out the issues.. there were a few things that can be done in order to reduce the pollution...
1) use public transport to minimize the usage of vehicle on roads.
2) if using individual transport, share the vehicle if the place is same.
3) prevent the open burning, buried the scrap..
4) use low volatile organic compound (VOC) ..eg:paint