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Air quality in Dublin, Ireland vs. Amsterdam, Netherlands in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

[–] ScotinDub@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Found another pollution comparison of Dublin and Amsterdam, which suggests when you take into account a more holistic picture of pollution that Amsterdam is superior: https://www.numbeo.com/pollution/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Netherlands&country2=Ireland&city1=Amsterdam&city2=Dublin

Air quality in Dublin, Ireland vs. Amsterdam, Netherlands in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

[–] ScotinDub@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Rotterdam does seem to be the major source of pollution - is that one of the reasons why people cycle less there than other Dutch cities?

Air quality in Dublin, Ireland vs. Amsterdam, Netherlands in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

[–] ScotinDub@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Very good point. I noticed London data was also included in that study and seemed to have very high levels of nitrogen dioxide wherever they measured (despite having an excellent public transport system!). That's a horrible shame that the Dutch have to suffer other nations' pollution :-(

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Air quality in Dublin, Ireland vs. Amsterdam, Netherlands (lemm.ee)

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Hi all, Dublin resident here, trying to figure out some data related to car pollution. I stumbled across this google study: https://insights.sustainability.google/labs/airquality?hl=en-US which purports to map out the air pollution in a few cities in great detail (hyperlocal, street-by-street, air quality data). Remarkably, Dublin seems to come out on top. This is flabbergasting to me, a resident of this car riddled city. I am especially surprised that the average Nitrogen Dioxide levels in Dublin seems to be about half that of Amsterdam (in my mind, a cycling utopia). What am I missing here? I can see that the data from Amsterdam is pre-pandemic and the Dublin data is post-pandemic. Is that the major difference? I can also see the Amsterdam data seems to contain a ring road (or two) whereas the Dublin data is missing the M50. To be honest, I am surprised that the Dutch levels are high at all (even in 2019) , I found some info on the modal share of Amsterdam from 2018 that suggested only 20% use private cars with the rest cycling/walking or using public transport (https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/us/articles/4331_Deloitte-City-Mobility-Index/city-mobility-index_AMSTERDAM_FINAL.pdf). Any insights welcome!

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