Kevin Cromar on Congestion-Pricing Plans
In Gothamist article, “Environmental Study of Congestion-Pricing Plans Has Bronx Residents Asking: What’s in It for Us?” Director of Health, Environment, and Policy, Kevin Cromar is quoted:
Cromar...says the impact may be especially profound in neighborhoods near highways slated for more trucks, where concentrations of particularly harmful diesel pollutants may be higher and more toxic. ‘County-wide there may not be much impact, but for neighborhoods by highways with more trucks, there absolutely will be a meaningful increase in health risk for those communities,’...