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.

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