TRANSPORTATION AIR POLLUTION

A BRIEF STATE-OF-THE ART SURVEY OF TRANSPORTATION AIR POLLUTION IS PRESENTED, LARGELY AS A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. THE PRIME TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION POLLUTANTS ARE DESCRIBED, NAMELY, HYDROCARBONS, NITROGEN OXIDES, OZONE, PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG, CARBON MONOXIDE, SULFUR OXIDES, LEAD AND PARTICULATE MATTER. METHODS OF MEASUREMENT ARE LISTED AND EMISSION RATES FOR VARIOUS TRAVEL MODES (AUTOMOBILE, DIESEL TRUCKS AND BUSES, RAILWAY, AND AIRCRAFT) ARE DISCUSSED. THE EFFECTS OF THESE PRIMARY POLLUTANTS ON HEALTH, PSYCHE, VEGETATION, AND MATERIALS ARE DESCRIBED. VARIOUS SOLUTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION AIR POLLUTION ARE DISCUSSED, RANGING FROM AUTOMOBILE EMISSION CONTROLS AND ALTERNATIVES TO THE SPARK-INGITED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE TO INCREASING USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND CONSIDERATION OF AIR POLLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Dho Rep Rr 169, 28 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Ontario Department of Highways

  1201 Wilson Avenue
  Toronto, Ontario M3M 1J8,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Peck, W J
  • Harmelink, M D
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Aircraft; Automobiles; Buses; Carbon monoxide; Diesel trucks; Health; Hydrocarbons; Lead (Metal); Nitrogen; Oxides; Ozone; Photochemistry; Psychological aspects; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Smog; Sulfur dioxide; Transportation planning; Vegetation; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Transportation effects
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223393
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM