The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has initiated a mobile monitoring program that utilizes specially equipped cars and mobile labs to gather detailed air pollution data from 64 communities across the state. Unlike stationary monitors, this program aims to identify specific 'hotspot' areas, providing block-by-block insights into pollution sources. Over the next nine months, data will be collected and is expected to be published by June of the following year, enhancing understanding of air quality challenges in urban areas.
"It's not necessarily good at seeing like, there's a lot of traffic on this street. And so there's what people might call it like a hotspot in a certain area."
"The deployed vehicles will be collecting data over the course of nine months. Chang said the agency expects to release the data publicly by June of next year."
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