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Mobilities JournalMain MenuCourse ProjectPublic TransportationBuses, Trains, SubwaysWalkabilityBikeabilityAutomobilityAccessibilityBorders and MigrationsParks, Outdoors and GreenspaceClimate ChangeVirtual Worlds and Digital MobilitiesAlternate Mobilitiesdavid kim87de7bc2484fc682d989967c7b88823ef2ab67e3
Canadian Wildfire Traffic
12024-05-17T12:04:14-07:00Olivia Jin25ae5b98330330db68b0cba27db508b6ef89c845445451plain2024-05-17T12:04:14-07:00Olivia Jin25ae5b98330330db68b0cba27db508b6ef89c845During June of 2023, the East coast states of the USA were dramatically affected by the Canadian wildfires. The remote areas that were all damaged by the summer lightning storms had drastically spread dangerous air qualities, along with concerningly high polluting levels. The Canadian wildfires prevented people from leaving their homes, due to their respiratory issues, which caused families and individuals to have transportation problems. Individuals who were unaware of what was going on, had trouble with their breathing, causing them to stop moving and forcing them to find other ways to get the stuff that they needed from outside of the house. Besides the impacts that the US experienced, the cities in Canada had transportation problems regarding all of the disrupted roads. For the roads that were essential for moving people and goods across the country, they were all disrupted which caused there to be a major slow down in the time it took to transport them.