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

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