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Title:

SmartDecision: A Route Choice App Based on Eco-Friendly Criteria
Cover of SmartDecision: A Route Choice App Based on Eco-Friendly Criteria

Accession Number:

01554274

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The main goal of this paper is to validate the SmartDecision app, a route-choice application which provides the best route between two points based not only in the conventional criteria parameters (as distance or time) but also taking into account the pollutant emissions and fuel consumption considering some vehicle characteristics and the route choice preferences of the user. To perform this evaluation, emissions and travel time were analyzed in four different Origin-Destination (O/D) pairs. For this purpose, two global positioning system (GPS)-equipped vehicles, which left the departure point at the same time and followed different trajectories, were used. The first vehicle followed the recommended route by Google Maps, and the second followed the indication of an eco-friendly route provided by the SmartDecision app. To estimate the emissions the EMEP/EEA methodology was used. In addition, the information collected in the Applications for the Environment Real-time Information Synthesis (AERIS) research program was used to monetize the emissions in one cost variable. Using experimental data, it was found that the route defined by SmartDecision app can provide a 15%-32% reduction in health and social costs when compared with the recommended Google route. Despite this reduction, in only one case study, the route defined by the application presents a higher travel time when compared with the defined route by Google Maps (6%). Thus, this tool can be used not only as a solution to improve the fuel efficiency of road vehicles but also may contribute to reduce the pollutant emissions with relevant health and social impacts.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC20 Transportation and Air Quality.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-2209

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Pereira, Sérgio Ramos
Fontes, Tânia
Bandeira, Jorge M
Fernandes, Paulo
Coelho, Margarida C

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Identifier Terms:

Google Maps

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Energy; Environment; Highways; I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-2209

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 12:47PM