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Title:

Mobile Source Air Toxics from Idling Trucks: Report from Mexican Border

Accession Number:

01043500

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The Texas Transportation Institute, Clean Air Technologies, Inc. and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted a study to estimate the emissions produced by Mexican trucks crossing at the El Paso – Ciudad Juarez border locations. A companion paper at this conference describes the methodologies as well as emissions for the criteria pollutants, NOx, CO, and HC. This paper gives results for mobile source air toxics (MSATs) and diesel PM from the idling trucks. Results showed that the MSATs formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein were emitted at rates similar to the PM emission rates. The large numbers of trucks and long waits at border crossings can thus have important implications for regional air quality as well as result in “hot spots” of poor air quality.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-2884

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Storey, John M E
Lewis, Samuel A
Zietsman, Josias
Villa, Juan Carlos
Forrest, Timothy Lee

Pagination:

12p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures; Photos; References (3) ; Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Air toxics

Geographic Terms:

Mexico; United States-Mexico Border

Subject Areas:

Energy; Environment; Highways; I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-2884

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 7:35PM