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Title:

FREIGHT ACTIVITY AND AIR QUALITY IMPACTS IN SELECTED NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE CORRIDORS

Accession Number:

00936195

Record Type:

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Abstract:

The current and future air quality effects that result from the development of North American trade and transportation corridors are examined, and strategies to mitigate these impacts are explored. The analysis focuses on five specific binational corridor segments. For each segment, commodity flow and ground freight traffic volumes (truck and rail) are used to develop a sketch-level estimate of current air pollution emissions associated with cross-border trade. Cross-border freight is responsible for 3% to 11% of all emissions of nitrogen oxides and 5% to 16% of all emissions of particulate matter smaller than 10 microns (PM10) from mobile sources in the corridor regions. Trade forecasts to 2020 are used to develop a sketch-level estimate of future trade-related emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions from cross-border trade will increase 2.4 to 4 times over current levels in the five corridors. As a result of the expected improvement in criteria pollutant emissions controls for trucks and locomotives, total trade-related emissions of nitrogen oxides and PM10 in 2020 will be lower than or the same as current levels, despite increased trade volumes. The effects of six emissions mitigation strategies are also discussed.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1815, Energy, Air Quality, and Fuels 2002.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Ang-Olson, J
Cowart, B

Pagination:

p. 86-95

Publication Date:

2002

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1815
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309077427

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (21) ; Tables (4)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Mitigation strategies

Geographic Terms:

North America

Subject Areas:

Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 27 2003 12:00AM

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