Suggest removing from conclusions: “Our findings suggest that air pollution from road traffic in London, which is dominated by diesel exhaust emissions, is adversely affecting fetal growth. These results may be driven by the fine particulate matter (PM2.5 traffic-exhaust) component rather than the gaseous pollutants NO2 and NOX.” While I do not disagree that diesel does dominate road traffic ai...

Background: Today, the effects of environmental pollution on human life and human needs, which reduces the level of community health caused by traffic noise in large cities, are clearly visible by creating irritation and pathogenic conditions. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of noise pollution resulted from central traffic in Shiraz by analyzing its indicators and related componen...

BACKGROUND An association between traffic air pollution and respiratory symptoms among children has been reported. However, the effects of traffic air pollution on asthma and wheeze have been very sparsely studied in areas with low traffic intensity in cold climate with poor dispersion. We evaluated the impact of vehicle traffic on childhood asthma and wheeze by objective exposure assessment. ...

This paper reviews theoretical and empirical literature on the measurement of the major automobile externalities, namely local pollution, global pollution, oil dependence, traffic congestion and traffic accidents. It then dicusses the rationale for traditional policies to address these externalities, including fuel taxes, fuel economy standards, emissions standards and related policies. Finally...

The Vision: Our planet has become more urban than rural in the last decade, and the share of people living in metropolitan areas continues to rise with each passing year. Urban traffic has increased dramatically over the past three decades, making driving more stressful, costly, and unhealthy. According to the Texas Transportation Institute, the overall cost of (in the form of wasted fuel and l...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is an emerging technology that can help to reduce the problem of traffic congestion and air pollution. This paper proposes a mechanism for finding the alternate path in case of increased traffic congestion and accidents. The paper also brings into light the various techniques and technologies that are proposed and implemented to combat the problem of air pollution...