Simulating the environmental effects of isolated and area-wide traffic calming schemes using traffic simulation and microscopic emission modeling

Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 633-649

  Ghafghazi, Golnaz ^a   Hatzopoulou, Marianne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air quality; Emission modeling; MOVES; Traffic calming; Traffic simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

EMISSION ESTIMATION; EMISSION MODEL; MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION; MOVES; TRAFFIC CALMING; TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES; TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODEL; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84899966665     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9513-x     Document Type: Article

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