Trucks and schools don’t mix
A great contribution to the website from Alice, a concerned citizen:
The Kettle Island corridor is the most heavily populated corridor with 11 or more schools and colleges surrounding the Aviation Parkway, the closest school less than a block away. Take a look at Kettle Island truck route – a closer look for a detailed map of the corridor, showing these schools and other impacted institutions.
From: 13th Annual University of California Transportation Research Conference February 16, 2007
- Freeways’ tainted air harms children’s lungs, experts say
- Lifelong damage is found in 13-year study of 3,600 Southland youngsters living within 500 yards of a highway. The Los Angeles Times, 1/26/07
- Residential proximity within 200 meters of a major roadway was strongly associated with childhood asthma and wheeze
- Risks were larger within 75 meters of a major roadway
- Heavy Duty Diesel Trucks (HDDT) emit high levels of particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and a complex mixture of gaseous air pollutants
- 41 of these gaseous and/or particle-associated pollutants are listed in California as toxic air contaminants
- Diesel exhaust PM has been associated with approximately 70 percent of known potential cancer risk from air toxics in Southern California (SCAQMD, 1999)
- Over 70 percent of California’s Diesel PM pollution is from the goods movement sector, and over 70 percent of these emissions were from Heavy Duty Diesel Trucks (CARB, 2006)
- Ultrafine particles (< 0.1 μm) can penetrate cell walls and the blood-brain and can be easily absorbed into vital organs
The full presentation can be read at: http://www.its.ucla.edu/uctc/PowerPoints/Houston_UCLA.pdf
Of course based on the criteria used by the committee none of this is as important as the needs of the trucks.
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