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Title: Health, Traffic, and Environmental Justice: Collaborative Research and Community Action in San Francisco, California

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: Health impacts on neighborhood residents from transportation systems can be an environmental justice issue. To assess the effects of transportation planning decisions, including the construction of an intraurban freeway, on residents of the Excelsior neighborhood in southeast San Francisco, PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights), a local grassroots environmental justice organization; the San Francisco Department of Public Health; and the University of California, Berkeley, collaborated on participatory research. We used our findings regarding traffic-related exposures and health hazards in the area to facilitate community education and action to address transportation-related health burdens on neighborhood residents

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Authors: Seto, Edmund; Sciammas, Charlie; Bhatia, Rajiv; Rivard, Tom; Wier, Megan

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Public Health

Issue: 3

Volume: 99

Pages: 499-504

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