The impact of autonomous vehicles on urban traffic network capacity: an experimental analysis by microscopic traffic simulation

Q Lu, T Tettamanti, D Hörcher, I Varga - Transportation Letters, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Urban commuters have been suffering from traffic congestion for a long time. In order to
avoid or mitigate the congestion effect, it is significant to know how the introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the potential of aggregated traffic models for estimating network-wide emissions

SFA Batista, G Tilg, M Menéndez - Transportation Research Part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper explores the potential of aggregated traffic models based on the Macroscopic
Fundamental Diagram for building a network-wide monitoring system of travel emissions …

A mesoscopic integrated urban traffic flow-emission model

A Jamshidnejad, I Papamichail… - … Research Part C …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to the noticeable environmental and economical problems caused by traffic congestion
and by the emissions produced by traffic, analysis and control of traffic is essential. One of …

Heterogeneity aware emission macroscopic fundamental diagram (e-MFD)

M Halakoo, H Yang, H Abdulsattar - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Transportation sector is one of the major producers of greenhouse gases which are
responsible for climate change. Finding an appropriate emission estimation tool for large …

Impacts of autonomous vehicles on the urban fundamental diagram

Q Lu, T Tettamanti, I Varga - 2018 - real.mtak.hu
In recent years, self-driving cars are being introduced to streets, which generated significant
attention and discussion. The widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles (AV) brings …

[HTML][HTML] Coupling traffic originated urban air pollution estimation with an atmospheric chemistry model

A Kovács, Á Leelőssy, T Tettamanti, D Esztergár-Kiss… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to increasing issues of air pollution in urban areas continuous research is being
conducted to upgrade models, which can predict the distribution of pollutants and thus …

Minimizing network-wide emissions by optimal routing through inner-city gating

D Ingole, G Mariotte, L Leclercq - Transportation Research Part D: Transport …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a control and optimization framework to reduce network-wide
emissions in an urban traffic network. The framework is comprised of two layers. The first …

Autonomous vehicles in urban networks: a simulation-based assessment

A Tympakianaki, L Nogues, J Casas… - Transportation …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper proposes a general framework for the assessment of the impacts of the
introduction of Connected and Automated Transport Systems (CATS) on traffic. The main …

From aggregated traffic models to emissions quantification: connecting the missing dots

J Marques, SFA Batista, M Menendez, E Macedo… - Transportation Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traffic models based on the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram have great potential for
future applications of large-scale estimation and monitoring of exhaust emissions. These …

Investigating the effect of dynamic traffic distribution on network-wide traffic emissions: An empirical study in Ningbo, China

S Zhang, J Shi, Y Huang, H Shen, K He, H Chen - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Urban road traffic is one of the primary sources of carbon emissions. Previous studies have
demonstrated the close relationship between traffic flow characteristics and carbon …