Particulate Matter Emissions From Roads in Birmingham: Final Report

Details

• Creators:
  Kirby, Scott ; Flora, Alex ; Williamson, Derek ; Jones, Steven L. Jr.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Alabama. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air quality
  • Air quality management
  • Exhaust gases
  • Particulates
  • Traffic flow
  • Traffic queuing
  • Trucks
  • Transportation planning
  • Vehicle emissions
  • Highways
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UTCA Report 03105
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Alabama
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00979963
• Edition:
  Final Report: 01/01/03 - 08/10/04
• Corporate Publisher:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Abstract:
  Air quality concerns continue to pose a challenge to the transportation industry. This project investigated the extent to which traffic flow impacted particulate emissions from roadways in Birmingham, Alabama. Through repeated measurements at five locations, it was determined that truck flow is a controlling influence on roadway particulate emissions. In particular, queuing of trucks greatly increases emissions. Therefore, emissions and planning models and activities must include a description of truck operational mode to accurately describe roadway contributions. If roadway particulate emissions are to be minimized, optimizing traffic flow on high truck (not necessarily high average daily traffic) routes needs to be considered.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS98-G-0028
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38750/dot_38750_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 393.91 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0f031dd4e23eefb936ef53c663be97a35889224ab654995068c6f97bf0185598