The Air We Breathe

In the affordable housing lecture this week, I asked a question about how to remediate the health effects from particulate matter when transit oriented developments are built near freeways. The answer that we got was essentially that there wasn't a whole a lot of follow-up research on new developments and these harmful effects, however, I just came across this article on "Black Lung Lofts," in Los Angeles, which summarizes the some of the recent research quantifying the harm.

As planners, how can we bring together the architects, developers, and public health officials to ensure that there are design measures in place to reduce the harm of living near freeways.