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The effect of freight trains on air pollution in the British Columbia Lower Mainland Giacchetto, Maruska; Jiang, Vivian (XiuXiu); McDougall, Kelsey; Phaisaltantiwongs, Mina
Abstract
On August 21st 2014, Port Metro Vancouver approved an increase of US thermal coal train traffic along the BNSF rail line enroute to Fraser Surrey Docks. As a result of the anticipated increase in U.S. thermal coal trains, health concerns have been expressed by our community partner, Communities and Coal, a group of citizens in the communities surrounding the BNSF rail line (Delta, White Rock, Crescent Beach and Surrey). Air quality data obtained from Kevin Akaoka, a UBC graduate student, was collected. Data was collected by measuring particulate matter concentrations at two different sites (John Oliver Park and White Rock) using a GRIMM Model 1.108 Aerosol Spectrometer. The results show that trains are not the major source of particulate matter in these regions, in comparison to all sources.
Item Metadata
| Title |
The effect of freight trains on air pollution in the British Columbia Lower Mainland
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| Creator | |
| Date Issued |
2015-04-30
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| Description |
On
August
21st
2014,
Port
Metro
Vancouver
approved
an
increase
of
US
thermal
coal
train
traffic
along
the
BNSF
rail
line
enroute
to
Fraser
Surrey
Docks.
As
a
result
of
the
anticipated
increase
in
U.S.
thermal
coal
trains,
health
concerns
have
been
expressed
by
our
community
partner,
Communities
and
Coal,
a
group
of
citizens
in
the
communities
surrounding
the
BNSF
rail
line
(Delta,
White
Rock,
Crescent
Beach
and
Surrey).
Air
quality
data
obtained
from
Kevin
Akaoka,
a
UBC
graduate
student,
was
collected.
Data
was
collected
by
measuring
particulate
matter
concentrations
at
two
different
sites
(John
Oliver
Park
and
White
Rock)
using
a
GRIMM
Model
1.108
Aerosol
Spectrometer.
The
results
show
that
trains
are
not
the
major
source
of
particulate
matter
in
these
regions,
in
comparison
to
all
sources.
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| Language |
eng
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| Series | |
| Date Available |
2015-05-06
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0074573
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| URI | |
| Affiliation | |
| Campus | |
| Peer Review Status |
Unreviewed
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| Scholarly Level |
Undergraduate
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| Rights URI | |
| Aggregated Source Repository |
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