NUS-led study: beltway to divert diesel trucks in São Paulo improved air quality and public health
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2018
The original intent of building the beltway was to enable heavy-duty vehicles to bypass the densely populated neighborhoods, and thereby ease traffic congestion in the inner-city roads. We combine rich panel data on road congestion, ambient NO x concentrations (as a signature of diesel exhaust), and hospital admissions and deaths.
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