Polluted air from rush-hour traffic increases blood pressure — even 24 hours later
We're still only beginning to understand the health risks of air pollution
Tag: traffic
Watch out! More pedestrians are killed by cars on Halloween than any other regular evening
Kids aged 4 to 8 are the most at risk.
‘No significant difference’ in air pollution exposure between rush-hour commuters and others
I can't tell whether this is good or bad news. Maybe both.
Cities need to wean off of cars in the future or become endless traffic jams
Traffic jams are objectively the least tasty kind of jam.
Is it time to prohibit left turns in busy intersections? This transportation engineer thinks so
Research backs up the idea of restricting left turns in busy intersections -- especially those in town and city centers.
AI traffic management could finally declog urban roads
How AI is poised to revamp traffic management.
One species of the cotoneaster plant could help absorb traffic pollution
My apartment is next to a 4-lane street. I'm all for cleaner air.
Exposure to traffic noise promotes obesity
Honk if you hate traffic noise too.
A steep traffic toll in NYC would reduce traffic and pollution, study finds
There could be a solution for one of the most congested cities in the world.
Uber and Lyft may have actually made traffic worse in San Francisco
Ride-sharing services made delays 62 percent worse in the city.
Cannabis legalization increases traffic fatalities — but mostly in neighboring, un-legalized states
It's probably because of all the people driving interstate to get high, then driving back already high, the researchers believe.
Loud noises are bad for your heart — and your cells
More and more evidence suggests that chronic noise causes cardiovascular diseases.
These are the cities with the worst traffic (continent by continent)
Europe's and North America's leaders are quite surprising.
Living near noisy traffic makes it harder for women to get pregnant
Sleep quality might have something to do with the reported findings.
Living near a crowded street seems to increase dementia risk
Move away from the busy roads.
Simulate your way out of (or into) the perfect traffic jam
Computer models like Traffic-Simulation are designed to figure out how each traffic component adds towards a jam. The simulation models ...
A fantastic, concise explanation of why traffic jams happen
Source Tom Vanderbilt, journalist, blogger, and author of the best-selling book, Traffic gave an awesome 20 minute presentation on why ...
