Improved air quality in Brussels during Car-Free Day
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Loading... - Julien Heeren
- 19 Sep 2022
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The Car-Free Sunday resulted in an overall improvement in air quality, with a significant decrease in concentrations of several pollutants. Areas around the busiest traffic routes saw the greatest improvements in air quality.
At the Kunst-Wet measuring station, concentrations of NO and NO2 both decreased by 80% compared with an average Sunday.
When compared to the concentrations recorded on an average weekday the decrease is greater still.NO and NO2 concentrations were down by 90% and 86% respectively compared with their normal weekday levels.
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