Comments on: Freeway Air Pollution Triggers ‘Fight Or Flight’ Response In Human Body http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/ America Under Construction Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Damaeus http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-13389 Damaeus Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:41:14 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=4828#comment-13389 Quote: "The 401 in Toronto is the world’s widest highway. It’s actually pretty darn impressive." I was just reading that the 401 ranges from 6 to 18 lanes, but I've been reading that parts of Interstate 10 in Houston, Texas has up to 26 lanes. http://www.interstate-guide.com/images010/i-010_katy_fwy_managed_lanes.jpg Damaeus Quote: “The 401 in Toronto is the world’s widest highway. It’s actually pretty darn impressive.”

I was just reading that the 401 ranges from 6 to 18 lanes, but I’ve been reading that parts of Interstate 10 in Houston, Texas has up to 26 lanes.

http://www.interstate-guide.com/images010/i-010_katy_fwy_managed_lanes.jpg

Damaeus

]]> By: Matt Eric http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-7535 Matt Eric Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:43:25 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=4828#comment-7535 That's fascinating. I wonder if there's any correlation between road-rage incidents and pollution at a given location. That’s fascinating. I wonder if there’s any correlation between road-rage incidents and pollution at a given location.

]]> By: Eric F http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-7533 Eric F Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:56:46 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=4828#comment-7533 Cars pollute so much less than they used to that focusing on car created air pollution is more or less quaint. People drive through the Holland Tunnel with their windows open these days. If drove under an overpass with your windows open in the 1970s you'd cough. "Where I live, in the Riding of Toronto Centre, enough restrictions have been placed upon car use to reduce the car mode share to 26% and falling fast. We’ve already got North America’s largest urban car-free zone. I will be glad when more and more of the City can be made car-free." The 401 in Toronto is the world's widest highway. It's actually pretty darn impressive. Cars pollute so much less than they used to that focusing on car created air pollution is more or less quaint. People drive through the Holland Tunnel with their windows open these days. If drove under an overpass with your windows open in the 1970s you’d cough.

“Where I live, in the Riding of Toronto Centre, enough restrictions have been placed upon car use to reduce the car mode share to 26% and falling fast. We’ve already got North America’s largest urban car-free zone. I will be glad when more and more of the City can be made car-free.”

The 401 in Toronto is the world’s widest highway. It’s actually pretty darn impressive.

]]> By: Sean http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-7525 Sean Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:46:50 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=4828#comment-7525 That is too bad that Santiago has such poor air quality- that city has a pretty nice metro system. That is too bad that Santiago has such poor air quality- that city has a pretty nice metro system.

]]> By: Kevin Love http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-7521 Kevin Love Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:35:31 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=4828#comment-7521 Toronto's Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David McKeown, produced a report saying that car pollution in Toronto causes: *440 deaths per year. *1,700 people injured so badly they have to be hospitalized each year. *Children experience more than 1,200 acute bronchitis episodes each year. *68,000 asthma symptom days per year. *Costs of mortality alone are $2.2 billion. Source: http://www.toronto.ca/health/hphe/pdf/air_pollution_burden.pdf Where I live, in the Riding of Toronto Centre, enough restrictions have been placed upon car use to reduce the car mode share to 26% and falling fast. We've already got North America's largest urban car-free zone. I will be glad when more and more of the City can be made car-free. Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David McKeown, produced a report saying that car pollution in Toronto causes:

*440 deaths per year.
*1,700 people injured so badly they have to be hospitalized each year.
*Children experience more than 1,200 acute bronchitis episodes each year.
*68,000 asthma symptom days per year.
*Costs of mortality alone are $2.2 billion.

Source:

http://www.toronto.ca/health/hphe/pdf/air_pollution_burden.pdf

Where I live, in the Riding of Toronto Centre, enough restrictions have been placed upon car use to reduce the car mode share to 26% and falling fast. We’ve already got North America’s largest urban car-free zone. I will be glad when more and more of the City can be made car-free.

]]> By: admin http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-7520 admin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:04:33 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=4828#comment-7520 Santiago, Chile. Santiago, Chile.

]]> By: AN http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/09/09/freeway-air-pollution-triggers-fight-or-flight-response-in-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-7519 AN Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:56:54 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=4828#comment-7519 What city is in that picture? What city is in that picture?

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