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https://doi.org/10.3141/2270-15

http://scholar.google.com...+Kuo&publication_year=2012

The motor vehicle emission simulator (MOVES) modeling software of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enables researchers and practitioners to model vehicle emissions at the project level. With this tool, agencies can identify and evaluate the effectiveness of local traffic control strategies to reduce emissions at project hot spots, such as congested intersections. This study analyzes vehicle emissions at congested and uncongested signalized intersections under three traffic intersection scenarios, ranging from Level of Service (LOS) B to LOS E. Emissions are much less sensitive to congestion than control delay. A shift in operation from LOS E to LOS B reduced per vehicle nitrogen oxide emissions by 15% and particulate matter emissions by 17%, while control delay decreased by 40%. The largest sources of emissions were cruising and acceleration; they accounted for more than 80% of total emissions under all scenarios. Idling accounted for less than 18% of all intersection emissions. This analysis calculates emissions with a time-in-mode methodology that combines emission factors for each activity mode (i.e., acceleration, deceleration, cruise, idle) with a calculation of the total vehicle time spent in that mode. This approach demonstrates the contribution of each activity mode to intersection emissions and suggests opportunities for control strategies with the potential to affect intersection emissions. The streamlined methodology may be a helpful tool for agencies that are interested in analyzing project-level emissions and control strategies, but lack staff resources or expertise for microsimulation-based scenario analysis.

01448713

12-0684

English

pp 124–131

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309223133

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Figures; References; Tables

Air quality; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Pollutants; Signalized intersections; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow

Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES)

Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I15: Environment; I73: Traffic Control

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 8 2012 4:56PM

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• Concrete Versus Tailpipes: Importance of Embodied Carbon and Vehicle Emissions in Carbon Footprint of Dedicated Truck Lanes on I-70
• Determinants of In-Vehicle Exposure to Traffic-Induced Emissions
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• Effects of Engine Idling on National Ambient Air Quality Standards Criteria Pollutant Emissions from Nonroad Diesel Construction Equipment
• Environmentally Conscious Highway Design for Crest Vertical Curves
• Evaluation of Temperature Effects for Onboard Sound Intensity Measurements
• Exposure of Bicyclists to Air Pollution in Seattle, Washington: Hybrid Analysis Using Personal Monitoring and Land Use Regression
• Generating Heavy-Duty Truck Activity Data Inputs for MOVES Based on Large-Scale Truck Telematics Data
• Inclusion of Regional Transit Emissions in Local Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Comparison of Methods with Examples from Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco Bay Area, California
• Modeling Roadway Link PM2.5 Emissions with Accurate Truck Activity Estimate for Regional Transportation Conformity Analysis
• MOVES and AERMOD Used for PM2.5 Conformity Hot Spot Air Quality Modeling
• Predictive Ecocruise Control System: Model Logic and Preliminary Testing
• Quantitative Decision-Making Framework to Evaluate Environmental Commitment Tracking Systems: Colorado Department of Transportation Case Study
• Real-World Measurement and Evaluation of Duty Cycles, Fuels, and Emission Control Technologies of Heavy-Duty Trucks
• Reduction Potential of Environment-Responsive Traffic Control on Roadside Particulate Matter and Nitrogen Oxide Concentrations
• Revisiting Decomposition Analysis for Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Car Travel: Introduction of Modified Laspeyres Index Method