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

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.