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The survey, conducted this year and released in June, showed 40% of respondents experienced negative health symptoms on hot days, and 79% said that “heat changes how I travel.”
The survey is part of a project called Cooling Long Beach. City planners are partnering with local associations to study the impacts of extreme heat on areas in Central, West and North Long Beach, which have less tree cover and more pavement than other parts of the city.
Aside from impacts on health, researchers say that residents in the Washington area specifically are more likely to travel in a vehicle rather than on foot or using bikes in order to avoid extreme heat, which adds more pollution to the air.