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Evaluating Urban Bus Emission Characteristics Based on Localized MOVES Using Sparse GPS Data in Shanghai, China

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  • Xiaonian Shan

    (College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Xiaohong Chen

    (Key Laboratory of Road Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China)

  • Wenjian Jia

    (Deparment of Engineering System & Environment, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22906, USA)

  • Jianhong Ye

    (Key Laboratory of Road Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China)

Abstract

Bus emissions have become one of the important contributing factors in urban environmental pollution due to the frequent use of heavy-duty diesel engines in the day-time. Local bus driving cycles have a significant influence on bus emissions under the different traffic conditions. This study investigated the operation mode distributions and emission characteristics for urban buses based on localized MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) using sparse Global Position System (GPS) data in Shanghai, China. Sparse GPS data from forty-three buses were prepared, and then bus trajectories were reconstructed to calculate local bus driving cycles, including model description, model calibration, and trajectory reconstruction. MOVES localization was conducted for emission estimation mainly focusing on the bus emission inventory comparison between US and China. Bus emission factors were estimated based on the localized MOVES from the aspect of different driving conditions. Results show that with the increase in average traveling speed, the proportion of idling operation mode showed a decreasing trend. Four typical vehicle operation mode distributions were identified with different average speeds to show the impact of traffic conditions. Bus emission factors first rapidly decreased and then slowly declined towards some minimum values. Bus lanes exhibited emission reduction benefits under serious traffic congestion. The findings of this study have great importance for transportation operation management and policy-making to reduce bus emissions, as well as improving air quality.

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  • Xiaonian Shan & Xiaohong Chen & Wenjian Jia & Jianhong Ye, 2019. "Evaluating Urban Bus Emission Characteristics Based on Localized MOVES Using Sparse GPS Data in Shanghai, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-15, May.
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