Walkable City 10 Years Later: Cars Make Us Sicker Than We Thought

15 Nov 2022 | Abstracted from Streetblog

"Scientists have discovered that being subjected to traffic noise “results in altered blood chemistry...recent study linked road noise to dementia...Researchers are beginning to parse the connection between thinking and walking.."

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