ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY COMPUTER MODELS TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL

The first objective of the project was to discover and document links between a family of emission models and a transportation demand management (TDM) model. The models were investigated for their candidacy to be used for a larger comprehensive computer model. The second objective is to show how TDM strategies affect air quality. The computer models are: MOBILE, TDM, VARIM, and VACAL. The project involved gathering information for each model, investigating links, running the models, simulating a test case of an urban area, and finally documenting the work. The results of the project revealed that the main link of the models was traffic volume in units of vehicles per hour.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, University Transportation Centers Program and Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center, University Park, PA.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Virginia, Charlottesville

  Center for Transportation Studies, P.O. Box 400742
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22904-4742
• Authors:
  • Cho, S S
  • Demetsky, M J
• Publication Date: 1995-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 64 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Air quality management; Computer models; Standards; Travel demand management
• Old TRIS Terms: Air quality standards
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00719072
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UVA-529978-CE95-103
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 6 1996 12:00AM