IMPROVING URBAN AIR QUALITY REQUIRES MULTIMODAL MEASURES

This article examines the contribution of nonroad transportation emissions to the overall emissions inventory, and proposes that the control of such emissions is a neglected key to air quality improvement in urban areas. Stricter controls on air pollution from airplanes and airport vehicles, marine vessels and engines, and rail activities--all concentrated in metropolitan areas--are seen as the means to achieve continued improvement of air quality within urban areas.

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  • Grant, C D
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 22-25
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 227
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality; Airplanes; Airport ground transportation; Improvements; Metropolitan areas; Railroads; Regulations; Ships; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Environment; Law; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00962805
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 8 2003 12:00AM