Impacts of road grade on fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions evidenced by use of advanced navigation systems

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2139, 2009, Pages 21-30

  Boriboonsomsin, Kanok ^a   Barth, Matthew ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CO 2 EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; POLLUTANTS EMISSIONS; REALTIME TRAFFIC; ROAD GRADES; ROADWAY LINKS; SHORT DURATIONS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION INFORMATION; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 76149125456     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2139-03     Document Type: Article

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