U.S. Neighborhoods Struggle with Health Threats from Traffic Pollution
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 11:30
in Mathematics & Economics
LONG BEACH, Calif. – On a sunny afternoon, more than 1,000 children poured out of Hudson K-8 School, eager to play in their neighborhood. The flag football team was gearing up for practice, working out with their coach on the school’s grassy field.Just beyond the playground fence, a line of diesel trucks was idling, stuck in traffic as they made their way from a massive port complex to a congested freeway. Trains rumble by, too. And there is a new proposal to turn a cargo warehousing area across the street into a large railyard that would bring even more trucks from the port. [More]