THE ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS OF MANDATORY ENGINE MAINTENANCE FOR REDUCING VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS- CRC EXTENDED PHASE I STUDY

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CONTROLLING EXHAUST EMISSIONS THROUGH A PROGRAM OF MANDATORY VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE. THE STUDY DIFFERED FROM THE PREVIOUS ONES IN THAT EXHAUST EMISSION QUANTITIES, I.E., LEVELS AND REDUCTIONS, WERE ESTIMATED BASED ON A CONSTANT VOLUME SAMPLING (CVS) PROCEDURE. THE DEVELOPED ECONOMIC-EFFECTIVENESS MODEL PROVIDED THE VEHICLE FOR CONDUCTING THIS ANALYSIS. EMPIRICAL DATA HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BASED UPON STATISTICALLY DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS WHICH DEFINED BOTH THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE STATES OF LARGE VEHICLE POPULATIONS AND THE SENSITIVITY OF EXHAUST EMISSIONS TO ENGINE MALFUNCTIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Trw Inc, Redondo Beach

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• Authors:
  • Richardson, N A
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 93 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Crash investigation; Economic analysis; Inspection; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Statistical analysis; Studies; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224032
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Int Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM