Trucks Off Our Streets: Schoolcraft/I-96 Findings (July 1–17, 2025)

🚛 Truck Traffic: 8,000+ trucks passed by residents’ homes in just 17 days

  • Peak activity:

    • 7–10 AM: 41 trucks/hour

    • 10 AM: highest at 45 trucks/hour

    • 6 AM – 3 PM: steady heavy traffic

  • Traffic dropped after 4 PM; only 2–3 trucks/hour overnight

🌫️ Air Quality: 0 healthy air days, EVERY DAY exceeded EPA’s safe PM2.5 limit (9 µg/m³)

  • 14 of 17 days had unhealthy levels for sensitive groups

  • Peak levels on several days were unsafe for everyone

  • Average PM2.5 during study: 59.8 µg/m³ (well above health standards)

⚠️ Health Risks

  • Linked to asthma, heart disease, respiratory illness, and premature death

  • Children, seniors, outdoor workers, and those with health conditions are most at risk

📍 Why Here?

  • Study site: Southfield Freeway Service Drive near I-96

  • Surrounded by homes, schools, churches, and community spaces

✅ What Can Residents Do?

  • Check Air Quality Daily → justair.app/signup

  • Just Air Monitors Nearby: Dossin Elementary, Mansfield & 96, Project Green Machine

  • Protect Indoors

  • Use air purifiers in bedrooms and living rooms

  • Limit outdoor activity on bad air days

  • Advocate for Change

  • Safer truck routes away from schools & homes

  • More green buffers (trees, vegetation)

  • Stronger policies limiting truck traffic during high pollution