Microscale traffic simulation and emission estimation in a heavily trafficked roundabout in Madrid (Spain)

C Quaassdorff, R Borge, J Pérez, J Lumbreras… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents the evaluation of emissions from vehicle operations in a domain of 300
m× 300 m covering a complex urban roundabout with high traffic density in Madrid. Micro …

Model predictive control for freeway networks based on multi-class traffic flow and emission models

S Liu, H Hellendoorn… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The main aim of this paper is to use multi-class macroscopic traffic flow and emission
models for Model Predictive Control (MPC) for traffic networks. In particular, we use and …

A license plate recognition data to estimate and visualise the restriction policy for diesel vehicles on urban air quality: A case study of Shenzhen

W Huang, X Xu, M Hu, W Huang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Diesel vehicles for road freight are primary contributors to PM 2.5 and NO X emissions in
numerous cities. Shenzhen, which is a megacity in China, has made efforts to promote the …

Car following model for urban signalised intersection to estimate speed based vehicle exhaust emissions

BP Chauhan, GJ Joshi, P Parida - Urban Climate, 2019 - Elsevier
Transportation sector is the major contributor to air pollution through vehicle exhaust
emissions caused by rapid growth of urbanization in India. It is essential to estimate vehicle …

How to combine different microsimulation tools to assess the environmental impacts of road traffic? Lessons and directions

T Fontes, SR Pereira, P Fernandes, JM Bandeira… - … Research Part D …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the last decades, traffic microsimulation platforms have a growing complexity allowing a
detailed description of vehicle traffic dynamics in a second-by-second basis. However, to …

A framework for estimating traffic emissions: The development of Passenger Car Emission Unit

X Cen, HK Lo, L Li - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we develop a Passenger Car Emission Unit (PCEU) framework for estimating
traffic emissions. The idea is analogous to the use of Passenger Car Unit (PCU) for …

Characterization of spatio-temporal distribution of vehicle emissions using web-based real-time traffic data

X Meng, K Zhang, K Pang, X Xiang - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Vehicle emissions have become an increasingly important source to air pollution in China,
thus an accurate estimate of vehicle emissions is essential but challenging for policy-making …

Are HOV/eco-lanes a sustainable option to reducing emissions in a medium-sized European city?

T Fontes, P Fernandes, H Rodrigues… - … Research Part A: Policy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Innovative traffic management measures are needed to reduce transportation-related
emissions. While in Europe, road lane management has focused mainly on introduction of …

Macroscopic modeling and control of emission in urban road traffic networks

A Csikós, T Tettamanti, I Varga - Transport, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This work suggests a framework for modeling the traffic emissions in urban road traffic
networks that are described by the Network Fundamental Diagram (NFD) concept. Traffic …

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 …