ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Young people in the Lehigh Valley will put the pedal to the metal to help measure air quality and urban heat.
The initiative will train local youth ages 9 to 18 to collect real-time environmental data during Community Bike Works summer bike rides, according to a news release from the Allentown Mayor’s Office.
Allentown was awarded a $16,000 grant from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network to launch the youth-led citizen science project, Measuring Urban Heat Islands and Air Quality in the Lehigh Valley with Citizen Science, the mayor’s office said…