Cooling centers as typically run reach few of the heat-vulnerable
#00191
Official cooling centers, as typically operated, serve few heat-vulnerable people: NYC's 2022 audit found 50% closed Saturdays and 83% closed Sundays; an LA mobility study found ~90% of cooling visits go to informal commercial spaces that exclude unhoused users. Hours, transport,
Parent issue
#00189 Designate a free climate-shelter network in existing public buildings
Sustainable Development Goals
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global
Description
Designating cooling sites is cheap, which is why the map of official centers usually looks far better than the protection actually delivered. The documented gap has three components.
Hours. The New York City Comptroller audit
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