{"id":7973,"date":"2022-11-20T11:41:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T10:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/20\/tracking-amazon-the-new-yorkers-monitoring-pollution-from-delivery-hubs\/"},"modified":"2022-11-20T11:41:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T10:41:42","slug":"tracking-amazon-the-new-yorkers-monitoring-pollution-from-delivery-hubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/20\/tracking-amazon-the-new-yorkers-monitoring-pollution-from-delivery-hubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Amazon: the New Yorkers monitoring pollution from delivery hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn residents are using air quality and traffic sensors to see how new warehouses affect their community<\/p>\n<p>For the past year, a pair of plain-looking buildings has been at the center of a simmering conflict in a close-knit waterfront community in New York City. They look like warehouses, with tall concrete walls, loading bays and few windows. They sound like warehouses, emitting the rev of diesel engines and the chirps of reversing trucks. But by all accounts, they\u2019re something very different.<\/p>\n<p>The two newcomers to Brooklyn\u2019s Red Hook neighborhood are hubs for Amazon\u2019s growing last-mile delivery network. Unlike traditional warehouses, they\u2019re bustling with around-the-clock activity, attracting convoys of cars, delivery vans, and semi-trucks to a neighborhood of narrow two-lane streets. Every day, shipments jostle through Red Hook\u2019s crowded truck routes and make their way across New York, fulfilling Amazon\u2019s promise of blistering-fast delivery.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/20\/amazon-warehouse-new-york-brooklyn-red-hook\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d0221615e4912a02a6cb0912c3b02d43766eccaf\/0_267_4000_2400\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fcb348a3c7389d07ddf5524b9766e245\" title=\"Tracking Amazon: the New Yorkers monitoring pollution from delivery hubs\" \/>Brooklyn residents are using air quality and traffic sensors to see how new warehouses affect their community<br \/>\nFor the past year, a pair of plain-looking buildings has been at the center of a simmering conflict in a close-knit waterfront community in New York City. They look like warehouses, with tall concrete walls, loading bays and few windows. They sound like warehouses, emitting the rev of diesel engines and the chirps of reversing trucks. But by all accounts, they\u2019re something very different.<br \/>\nThe two newcomers to Brooklyn\u2019s Red Hook neighborhood are hubs for Amazon\u2019s growing last-mile delivery network. Unlike traditional warehouses, they\u2019re bustling with around-the-clock activity, attracting convoys of cars, delivery vans, and semi-trucks to a neighborhood of narrow two-lane streets. Every day, shipments jostle through Red Hook\u2019s crowded truck routes and make their way across New York, fulfilling Amazon\u2019s promise of blistering-fast delivery. 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