DRIVING CYCLES FOR MEASURING PASSENGER CAR EMISSIONS ON ROADS WITH TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES

Although local authorities in the UK need to be aware of any air quality impacts resulting from their traffic calming operations, there is little information relating to the effects of different traffic calming measures. The effects on air quality on this scale are compex, and so TRL is providing guidance by developing performance indices for different measures based on their effects on vehicle emissions. The emissions indices for passenger cars are based on tests conducted on a chassis dynamometer, and this paper describes the development of the methodology for constructing the driving cycles to be used. The technique involves the measurement of the speed profiles of a large number of vehicels using a roadside LIDAR system, and the determination of typical gear selections using three instrumented cars. (A)

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• Authors:
  • BOULTER, P G
  • LATHAM, S
  • AINGE, M
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 19-28
• Serial:
  • TRL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH 2000 - VOLUME 3, NO 1 - A SELECTION OF ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS BY TRL RESEARCHERS
  • Publisher: TRL
  • ISSN: 1464-7907

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Automobiles; Force; Measuring instruments; Pollutants; Traffic restraint
• ITRD Terms: 2452: Air pollution; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 1243: Car; 2442: Emission; 5421: Force; 633: Traffic restraint
• Subject Areas: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794921
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 7 2000 12:00AM