Evaluation of Carbon Reduction Traffic Measures Employing a Novel Approach to Micro-simulation Modelling of Real-world Emissions
Local Authorities and Governments are under pressure to meet air quality and carbon emissions targets, however in several cases high level scale modelling outputs do not truly represent traffic conditions in local urban environments and associated hot spot pollutant concentrations which are determined by the built environment (canyons, road orientation, etc.). To address this gap in knowledge, Newcastle University recently developed an Integrated Database and Assessment Platform (NUIDAP), to bring together data from pervasive environmental and traffic monitoring systems with existing information, such as intelligent transportation system (ITS) and UTMC sources and traffic models. This paper presents the preliminary analysis and results that the Newcastle Team, with the support of AMEY, made using the software platform which integrates different data sources in order to identify problems, understand causes and formulate the solutions to air quality and manage traffic to alleviate, even prevent, pollution hotspots. This paper describes and presents evidence and results of the use of two types of microscale approaches for air quality assessment, the first using novel pervasive sensors, and the second employing modelling using an enhanced instantaneous emission model within the AIMSUN microsimulator. Scenarios modelled, including speed reduction and mode shift to public transport with reduction of traffic volumes, will be described and the outputs with and without the enhanced emission model are compared.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
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Authors:
- Galatioto, Fabio
- Bell, Margaret
- Hill, Graeme
- Rose, Paul
- Hodges, Nick
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Conference:
- 19th ITS World Congress
- Location: Vienna , Austria
- Date: 2012-10-22 to 2012-10-26
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: CD-ROM; Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
- Pagination: 9p
- Monograph Title: 19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22 to 26 October 2012
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air quality management; Intelligent transportation systems; Microsimulation; Modal shift; Pollutants; Traffic congestion; Traffic volume
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01496307
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 24 2013 3:38PM