RE: Street sweeping and parking. Given the that particulate air pollution makes COVID deadlier, we should sweep our streets to the curb.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/air-pollution-linked-with-higher-covid-19-death-rates/
During the first lock-down, like a good scientist, I ordered a home air pollution sensor. I moved it around my home, including a window facing the street. Every time a car drove by, a puff of PM2.5 was released into the air. PM2.5 was also elevated on windy days. Cars shed particles, especially tire and brake dust. Cars then crush the larger, less dangerous PM10 into smaller PM2.5.
When the street sweepers were unable to reach the curb, particulate pollution was higher. Let's not repeat that mistake. Covid is more prevalent than ever before. It is not onerous to ask people to move their car off the streets once a week so that we can protect public health.
RE: Street sweeping and parking. Given the that particulate air pollution makes COVID deadlier, we should sweep our streets to the curb.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/air-pollution-linked-with-higher-covid-19-death-rates/
During the first lock-down, like a good scientist, I ordered a home air pollution sensor. I moved it around my home, including a window facing the street. Every time a car drove by, a puff of PM2.5 was released into the air. PM2.5 was also elevated on windy days. Cars shed particles, especially tire and brake dust. Cars then crush the larger, less dangerous PM10 into smaller PM2.5.
When the street sweepers were unable to reach the curb, particulate pollution was higher. Let's not repeat that mistake. Covid is more prevalent than ever before. It is not onerous to ask people to move their car off the streets once a week so that we can protect public health.