Visitor vehicle emissions study : summary report

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• Creators:
  Reherman, Clay N ; Kim, Brian ; Noel, George J. ; Fleming, Gregg G. ; Wayson, Roger L. ; Preseault, Ryan F. ; Ritter, Gary T.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • National parks
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Environmental risk assessment
  • Air quality management
  • Traffic counts
  • National parks
  • Emissions
  • Emissions inventory
  • MOBILE6
  • Traffic impact
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-NPS-05-05 ; NPS TIC No. D-2113 ; NPS RA No. F0001030001
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Park Service
• Abstract:
  The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Environmental Measurement and Modeling Division, provided technical support to the National Parks ; Foundation as a part of a National Park Service (NPS) project to evaluate vehicular emissions in the national parks. A Visitor Vehicular Emissions Study was performed in three California National Parks between ; August 2002 and April 2003 – Yosemite National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, and Point Reyes National Seashore – in order to collect traffic count, vehicle tracking, meteorological, Inspection and Maintenance ; Program, and fuel program data. This data was processed through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) MOBILE6.2 modeling software to produce park-specific emission factors, and weekly traffic count data ; was used with these emission factors to produce a weekly emissions inventory for each park. Alternative methods involving modal emissions models were also investigated. This summary report presents the Visitor ; Vehicle Emissions Study results in a concise format and conveys, in simplified language, the recommendations of the Volpe Center for future related studies. These results and recommendations are explained in greater ; detail in the companion Volpe Center report, “Visitor Vehicle Emissions Study: Comparison of Traffic Data at Three California National Parks” and three companion technical reports produced for each of the ; California parks.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  VX-55/AS041 ; HW-1M/AS197
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8887/dot_8887_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 819.08 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5567bcce08e659ce1919c5641dd742fdb74e429de1ee07c6020f981b4aebe817