Integrating vegetation and green infrastructure into sustainable transportation planning

Richard Baldauf; E. Gregory McPherson; Linda Wheaton; Max Zhang; Tom Cahill; Chad Bailey; Christina Hemphill Fuller; Eearl Withycombe; Kori Titus

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Integrating vegetation and green infrastructure into sustainable transportation planning

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Authors:

Richard Baldauf, E. Gregory McPherson, Linda Wheaton, Max Zhang, Tom Cahill, Chad Bailey, Christina Hemphill Fuller, Eearl Withycombe, Kori Titus

Year:

2013

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Transportation News: 288(5): 14-18

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Abstract

An international consensus has emerged that people living, working, and going to school near roads with high volumes of traffic face increased risks for adverse health effects (1), most likely from acute and chronic exposures to elevated levels of air pollution, including particulate matter (PM), gaseous criteria pollutants, and air toxics.

Keywords

roadside vegetation, air quality, urban forestry, vegetation barrier design

Citation

Baldauf, Richard; McPherson, Greg; Wheaton, Linda; Zhang, Max; Cahill, Tom; Bailey, Chad; Hemphill Fuller, Christina; Withycombe, Eearl; Titus, Kori. 2013. Integrating vegetation and green infrastructure into sustainable transportation planning. Transportation News: 288(5): 14-18.