Residential Proximity to Traffic

Residential Proximity to Traffic measures how much of a residential neighborhood is affected by streets that carry a large amount of traffic. It serves as a proxy for the impact of motor vehicle air pollution and traffic noise on health. The higher the value, the more negative the impact on neighborhood health. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) AADAT GIS Shapefile was used to identify high traffic roadways. The U.S. Census TIGER Shapefiles were used to determine population data.

 

Living close to highways can have negative health effects from exposure to air pollution and excessive traffic noise. Residential Proximity to Traffic is in the Environmental Hazards domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 10.3% 46
Audubon Park 0.0% 1
Bancroft 0.0% 1
Beltrami 21.7% 57
Bottineau 0.0% 1
Bryant 32.4% 74
Bryn - Mawr 27.1% 66
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 0.0% 1
Camden Industrial 66.7% 85
Cedar - Isles - Dean 18.3% 55
Cedar Riverside 62.1% 84
Central 35.4% 76
Cleveland 0.0% 1
Columbia Park 0.0% 1
Como 12.4% 48
Cooper 0.0% 1
Corcoran 14.3% 52
Diamond Lake 22.4% 60
Downtown East 19.4% 56
Downtown West 15.3% 53
East Calhoun (ECCO) 0.0% 1
East Harriet 0.0% 1
East Isles 0.0% 1
East Phillips 17.9% 54
Elliot Park 46.2% 80
Ericsson 0.0% 1
Field 37.5% 77
Folwell 0.0% 1
Fulton 0.0% 1
Hale 0.0% 1
Harrison 2.7% 42
Hawthorne 22.1% 59
Hiawatha 0.0% 1
Holland 0.0% 1
Howe 1.6% 40
Humboldt Industrial Area 0.0% 1
Jordan 0.0% 1
Keewaydin 0.0% 1
Kenny 1.5% 39
Kenwood 2.6% 41
King Field 27.6% 67
Lind - Bohanon 13.4% 51
Linden Hills 0.0% 1
Logan Park 0.0% 1
Longfellow 5.7% 43
Loring Park 70.8% 86
Lowry Hill 26.1% 64
Lowry Hill East 7.6% 45
Lyndale 29.3% 68
Lynnhurst 0.0% 1
Marcy Holmes 30.6% 70
Marshall Terrace 0.0% 1
McKinley 22.4% 60
Mid - City Industrial 25.5% 63
Midtown Phillips 0.0% 1
Minnehaha 0.0% 1
Morris Park 21.9% 58
Near - North 11.8% 47
Nicollet Island - East Bank 0.0% 1
North Loop 33.0% 75
Northeast Park 43.8% 79
Northrop 0.0% 1
Page 30.8% 72
Phillips West 49.1% 82
Powderhorn Park 0.0% 1
Prospect Park - East River Road 37.8% 78
Regina 29.3% 68
Seward 30.6% 70
Sheridan 0.0% 1
Shingle Creek 0.0% 1
St. Anthony East 0.0% 1
St. Anthony West 0.0% 1
Standish 0.0% 1
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 85.7% 87
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 50.0% 83
Tangletown 31.4% 73
University of Minnesota 13.2% 49
Ventura Village 48.4% 81
Victory 0.0% 1
Waite Park 0.0% 1
Webber - Camden 13.3% 50
Wenonah 5.8% 44
West Calhoun 0.0% 1
Whittier 26.5% 65
Willard - Hay 0.0% 1
Windom 23.7% 62
Windom Park 0.0% 1

Key Citations: 1. CARB (2005). Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community Health Perspective. California Air Resources Board. April 2005.

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2. HEI (2010). Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Critical Review of the Literature on Emissions, Exposure, and Health Effects. Health Effects Institute, January 2010.

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3. Zhu, Y et al. (2002). “Study of Ultra-Fine Particles Near A Major Highway With Heavy-Duty Diesel Traffic.” Atmospheric Environment. 2002 ; 36:4323-4335.

 

4. Zhou, Y. and Levy, J. (2007). Factors influencing the spatial extent of mobile source air pollution impacts: a meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-89.

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5. Rioux (2010). “Characterizing Urban Traffic Exposures Using Transportation Planning Tools: An Illustrated Methodology for Health Researchers”. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 87, No. 2.