A framework for estimating traffic emissions: The development of Passenger Car Emission Unit

In this study, the authors develop a Passenger Car Emission Unit (PCEU) framework for estimating traffic emissions. The idea is analogous to the use of Passenger Car Unit (PCU) for modeling the congestion effect of different vehicle types. In this approach, the authors integrate emission modeling and cost evaluation. Different emissions, typically speed-dependent, are integrated as an overall cost via their corresponding external costs. The authors then develop a normalization procedure to obtain a general trend that is applicable for all vehicle types, which is used to derive a standard cost curve. Different vehicle types with different emission standards are then mapped to this standard cost curve through their corresponding PCEUs that are to be calibrated. Once the standard cost curve and PCEUs have been calibrated, to estimate the overall cost of emission for a particular vehicle, the authors only need to multiply the corresponding PCEU of that vehicle type to the standard cost curve. The authors apply this PCEU approach to Hong Kong and obtain promising results. Compared with the results obtained by the full-blown emission model COPERT, the approach achieves high accuracy but obviates tedious inputs typically required for emission estimation.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2016.02.013
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920916000225
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/13619209
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Cen, Xuekai
  • Lo, Hong K
  • Li, Lu
• Publication Date: 2016-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 78-92
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 44
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Estimation theory; Exhaust gases; Private passenger vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost curves; External costs
• Geographic Terms: Hong Kong (China)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01597590
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 2016 2:43PM