Traffic Emission Impacts on Air Quality near Large Roadways

A growing number of epidemiological studies conducted throughout the world have identified an increase in occurrence of adverse health effects for populations living near major roads. This presentation provides a summary of health effect and air quality studies that have been conducted near large roadways. The presentation also describes research plans being proposed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address future research projects related to the FHWA's US95 settlement agreement. These studies will measure criteria and air toxic pollutant concentrations near highways, including benzene, 1,3-butadiene, acetaldehyde, acrolein, formaldehyde, and particulate matter. In addition, meteorological and highway vehicle data will be collected to identify the relationship of these factors to the ambient air concentrations. The study will be conducted at three different geographic sites in the United States to investigate regional (climate, fuel, vehicle fleet differences), seasonal, and land use effects on near road pollutant impacts. Preliminary results from a pilot study conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina during the summer of 2006 will also be presented. This information will be presented to provide information on the impacts of vehicle emissions on near road air quality, as well as the development of control strategies to mitigate the influence of vehicle emissions on the near road microenvironment.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Baldauf, R
  • Black, K
  • Martinez, V
  • Gaber, M
  • Thomas, E
  • Costa, D
• Conference:
  • Transportation Land Use, Planning, and Air Quality
  • Location: Orlando FL, United States
  • Date: 2007-7-9 to 2007-7-11
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 276-284
• Monograph Title: Transportation Land Use, Planning, and Air Quality. Proceedings of the 2007 Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 9-11, 2007

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality; Arterial highways; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Health; Highway traffic; Land use; Regions; Residential location; Seasons
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01113171
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784409602
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 21 2008 8:49AM