Simulating the air quality impacts of traffic calming schemes in a dense urban neighborhood |
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| Institution: | 1. Sleep Research Institute, Madrid, Spain;2. Integrative Neurobiology Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;3. Clinical Epidemiology Dept., Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias Puerta de Hierro, Parla, Madrid, Spain;1. Industrial Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, 11421 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;2. Raytheon Chair for Systems Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, 11421 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;3. University of Tunis, ISG, SMART Lab, 41, Avenue de la Liberté, Bouchoucha, Le Bardo, 2000 Tunis, Tunisia;1. ITS Lab, Traffic and Logistics, Dept. of Transport Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 72, Stockholm 10044, Sweden;2. Intelligent Transportation System Centre (ITSC), Wuhan University of Technology, China;3. iTekn Solutions, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | In this study, the effects of isolated traffic calming measures and area-wide calming schemes on air quality in a dense neighborhood were estimated using a combination of microscopic traffic simulation, emission, and dispersion modeling. Results indicated that traffic calming measures did not have as large an effect on nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations as the effect observed on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. Changes in emissions resulted in highly disproportional changes in pollutant levels due to daily meteorological conditions, road geometry and orientation with respect to the wind. Average NO2 levels increased between 0.1% and 10% with respect to the base-case while changes in NOx emissions varied between 5% and 160%. Moreover, higher wind speeds decreased NO2 concentrations on both sides of the roadway. Among the traffic calming measures, speed bumps produced the highest increases in NO2 levels. |
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| Keywords: | Traffic calming Emission modeling Air quality OSPM Traffic simulation MOVES |
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