School Proximity to Traffic

School Proximity to Traffic is the proportion of schools in a neighborhood located near high traffic roadways. High traffic roadways are freeways or major arterial roadways. The higher the percentage of schools, 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 National Center for Educational Statistics and Minneapolis Public School data were used to identify school locations.

School proximity to traffic is a strong indicator of children’s health. Students at schools near high traffic areas are at higher risk of near-road pollution exposure. Asthma is more common in children attending schools near major roadways. This indicator is in the Environmental Hazards domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 0.0% 1
Audubon Park 0.0% 1
Bancroft 0.0% 1
Beltrami -% -
Bottineau 0.0% 1
Bryant -% -
Bryn - Mawr -% -
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) -% -
Camden Industrial -% -
Cedar - Isles - Dean -% -
Cedar Riverside 100.0% 57
Central 0.0% 1
Cleveland 0.0% 1
Columbia Park 0.0% 1
Como 0.0% 1
Cooper -% -
Corcoran 0.0% 1
Diamond Lake -% -
Downtown East -% -
Downtown West 0.0% 1
East Calhoun (ECCO) -% -
East Harriet 0.0% 1
East Isles 0.0% 1
East Phillips 0.0% 1
Elliot Park 50.0% 55
Ericsson 0.0% 1
Field 0.0% 1
Folwell -% -
Fulton 0.0% 1
Hale 0.0% 1
Harrison 0.0% 1
Hawthorne 0.0% 1
Hiawatha 0.0% 1
Holland 0.0% 1
Howe 0.0% 1
Humboldt Industrial Area -% -
Jordan 0.0% 1
Keewaydin 0.0% 1
Kenny 0.0% 1
Kenwood 0.0% 1
King Field -% -
Lind - Bohanon 0.0% 1
Linden Hills 0.0% 1
Logan Park -% -
Longfellow 10.0% 50
Loring Park 33.3% 52
Lowry Hill -% -
Lowry Hill East 0.0% 1
Lyndale 0.0% 1
Lynnhurst -% -
Marcy Holmes 0.0% 1
Marshall Terrace -% -
McKinley 100.0% 57
Mid - City Industrial 0.0% 1
Midtown Phillips 0.0% 1
Minnehaha -% -
Morris Park 0.0% 1
Near - North 0.0% 1
Nicollet Island - East Bank -% -
North Loop 0.0% 1
Northeast Park 0.0% 1
Northrop 0.0% 1
Page -% -
Phillips West 0.0% 1
Powderhorn Park 0.0% 1
Prospect Park - East River Road 33.3% 52
Regina 50.0% 55
Seward 37.5% 54
Sheridan 0.0% 1
Shingle Creek 0.0% 1
St. Anthony East -% -
St. Anthony West -% -
Standish 0.0% 1
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 100.0% 57
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) -% -
Tangletown 0.0% 1
University of Minnesota -% -
Ventura Village 0.0% 1
Victory 0.0% 1
Waite Park 0.0% 1
Webber - Camden 0.0% 1
Wenonah -% -
West Calhoun -% -
Whittier 16.7% 51
Willard - Hay 0.0% 1
Windom -% -
Windom Park -% -

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

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

3. 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. Available here