The use of GPS and high resolution vehicle emission modeling to assess environmental benefits of driver behaviour change programs

Driver behaviour change programs have become a crucial component of broader sustainability goals. Assessment of such programs require (ideally) detailed information on day-to-day driving combined with more precise estimates of fuel consumption, vehicle emissions and potentially other outcomes of interest. The current paper reports on an analysis conducted on 106 Sydney drivers who were monitored for five weeks using a GPS device, exposed to a financial intervention designed to improve driving behaviour, and then monitored again for five weeks. Using new Australian software (PDeltaP), we assess the changes in vehicle emissions following the intervention. PDeltaP is specifically designed to predict second-by-second impacts on vehicle emissions and fuel consumption due to changes in operational conditions (driving behaviour, road grade, etc.). The analysis demonstrates how detailed simulation and high quality input data can provide a more accurate and precise indication of changes in emissions and environmental outcomes. The findings will be of interest to those involved in designing and monitoring driver behaviour change programs as well as those interested in more accurate assessments of on-road driving and emissions profiles.

• Record URL:
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• Authors:
  • Smit, R
  • Ellison, A B
  • Greaves, S
• Conference:
  • ARRB Conference, 26th, 2014, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Publication Date: 2014-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 1.5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Data analysis; Data collection; Drivers; Driving; Environment; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Global Positioning System; Mathematical models; Pollutants; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Data analysis; Driver behaviour; Environment; Fuel consumption; Global positioning system (GPS); Modelling; Vehicle emissions; Vehicle handling
• Subject Areas: Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01548001
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 17 2014 10:49AM