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In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution

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472 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 10 Dec 25 15:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lkbm ◴[10 Dec 25 15:34 UTC] No.46218856[source]▶
> Particulates issued from tailpipes can aggravate asthma and heart disease and increase the risk of lung cancer and heart attack. Globally, they are a leading risk factor for premature death.

Minor nitpick, but tailpipes aren't the primary source of emissions. The study is about PM2.5[0]. which will chiefly be tires and brake pads. Modern gasoline engines are relatively clean, outside of CO2, though diesel engines spit out a bunch of bad stuff.

[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s44407-025-00037-2

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throwawaypath ◴[10 Dec 25 15:39 UTC] No.46218933[source]▶
How do EVs fare in this regard? Brakes are used significantly less, but the additional weight from the batteries chews through tires faster.
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kyleee ◴[10 Dec 25 15:40 UTC] No.46218960[source]▶
And unfortunately there is some nasty stuff in tires
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HPsquared ◴[10 Dec 25 15:52 UTC] No.46219166{3}[source]▶
There never seems to be much discussion on reducing the harm from tire (and I suppose road surface) particulates. Maybe that's the next frontier?
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1. potato3732842 ◴[11 Dec 25 14:39 UTC] No.46231926{4}[source]▶
Because a hard long wearing tire is a low grip tire and the direct tradeoff between safety and the environment is not something either crowd wants to deal with because there's so much overlap.