Citation

Wier M, Sciammas C, Seto E, Bhatia R, Rivard T. Am. J. Public Health 2009; 99(3): S499-504.

Affiliation

San Francisco Department of Public Health, Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability, 1390 Market St, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. megan.wier@sfdph.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2008.148916

PMID

19890147

PMCID

PMC2774185

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.

Language: en