Association Between Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Cognitive Development

This is an under appreciated benefit of electrifying transport. Even if you aren't using clean energy it helps to not pump out neurotoxins next to schools.

For those that are interested, Netflix's Dirty Money (S01E01) covers this topic from the point of view of the auto manufacturers emission scandal that happened recently.

It really puts a whole new spin on this very important conversation.

"Quality of education was identical. However, children attending low-exposed schools had slightly better maternal education; had less behavioral problems, obesity, and foreign origin; had more siblings and residential greenness;"

Full title wouldn't fit in submission:

Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study

fwiw, study was conducted in Barcelona, which like the rest of Europe but notably unlike the USA, is dominated by diesel vehicles; accordingly, the study focuses on particulates resulting from diesel-based pollution which may or may not translate to gas/petrol cars.