IVHS and Environmental Impacts: Implications of the Operational Tests. National Policy Conference on Intelligent Operational Tests
This paper examines the implications of the operational tests for assessing the environmental impacts of IVHS (Intelligent Vehicle Highway System) user services. The contents include a discussion on: The fundamental elements and relationships that must be considered by operational tests in order to evaluate the emissions and fuel consumption impacts of IVHS user services; The scope of IVHS field tests with environmental evaluation objectives in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia; The state-of-the-practice for appraising the environmental impacts of IVHS user services in field settings, including the use of experimental design, data collection, and analytical methods; Results on IVHS environmental impacts available from completed field tests; and The Volpe Centers efforts to develop a guidebook for conducting environmental evaluations within IVHS operational tests.
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Corporate Authors:
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Cambridge, MA United States 02142 -
Authors:
- Little, Cheryl
- Wooster, Jean
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Conference:
- National Policy Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Environment
- Location: Arlington VA, United States
- Date: 1994-6-6 to 1994-6-7
- Publication Date: 1994-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Tables;
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Advanced traveler information systems; Air pollution; Air quality management; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Information systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Policy making; Policy, legislation and regulation
- Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01103155
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 24 2008 7:45AM