M3.5 Transportation

BLOG about your personal experience regarding transportation and its implications for your health and the health of your communities and air quality.

 My personal experience with transportation and health have been a unique one. I have my own vehicle and tend to use it on a daily basis. How it has affected my health is the road rage I experienced when drivers have no clue on how to drive and it makes me upset and I tend to yell or scream at the person in front of me. The anger I experience creates my heart to race which makes my blood pressure go up which is not a good thing. Stress is created in the environment of driving. Instead of becoming upset with the driver who has made me upset I try to take a deep breath before I become upset, which has its pros and cons. As for my community I live in an area where each household has 2-4 cars; which emits plenty of harsh chemicals into the air. Public transportation is down the block where 4 bus lines run. Those in the community highly use public transportation. Twice a week I take the bus to work which gives me an extra few calories to burn and I see the masses of people walking to the bus stops which means public transportation is important. As for the air quality in the community I would say it is vague. Some days are clear others are a bit hazy. Also with the fires happening up north it does not help with our air quality here. 

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  1. UnknownSeptember 11, 2018 at 8:02 PM

    Hi Christina,
    What an interesting experience with driving and health! I haven't driven consistently in years, so I rarely think about road rage and how it affects ones blood pressure. I think your tactic of taking a deep breath is a really good one. It seems like that would help both mentally and physically. I agree that public transportation is highly used in SF. I'm always one of the ones walking towards the bus stops!
    Malena

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