SoCal Finally Measuring Air Quality Near Freeways

Up till now, air quality monitors have purposely been placed far from freeways. Now, the state will begin measuring the air that millions actually breathe….

A quote:

> Monitoring instruments have typically been placed away from major roads and pollution sources because they are intended to gauge regional air quality. Now, the EPA is ordering local regulators to measure and factor in the dirtier air being breathed by tens of millions of people across the country who live within a few hundred feet of a major road.
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> The data will be valuable to local planning officials, who must consider the environmental impacts of siting developments near traffic, and give more leverage to clean air advocates.
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> Environmentalists and community activists, who have pressed for near-road monitors for years, vowed to use the information to fight freeway expansion projects, push for steeper emissions cuts and oppose development near freeways, where less expensive real estate is often sought for schools and affordable housing.

The link:

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-freeway-air-20140515-story.html
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