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Analysing road traffic influences on air pollution: How to achieve sustainable urban development

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This paper considers the main road-traffic parameters that determine air pollution, i.e. the total volume of traffic, road speeds and the composition of the vehicle fleet. Changes in the amounts of pollutants emitted, and the importance of each of the three parameters, have been computed by using a traffic assignment model, which also represents emission factors. The types of policies that may be implemented to reduce the environmental impact of transport are then considered. The study demonstrates, for example, that the impact of a deterioration in traffic conditions is limited in comparison with the effect of forecast increases in traffic and improvements in the environmental performance of vehicles. As a consequence, if cities and urban transport are to achieve sustainable development, urban expansion must take place in a controlled way.

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  • Jean-Pierre Nicolas, 2000. "Analysing road traffic influences on air pollution: How to achieve sustainable urban development," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 219-232, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transr:v:20:y:2000:i:2:p:219-232
    DOI: 10.1080/014416400295266
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    1. Keirstead, James & Jennings, Mark & Sivakumar, Aruna, 2012. "A review of urban energy system models: Approaches, challenges and opportunities," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(6), pages 3847-3866.
    2. Patrick Bonnel & Pascal Pochet, 2002. "Analysis of principal trends of mobility related to location policy, car ownership, supply policy and ageing of population," Post-Print halshs-00088217, HAL.
    3. Abdulrazak O. Balogun & M. Margaret Weigel & Edmundo Estévez & Rodrigo X. Armijos, 2023. "Chronic Occupational Exposure to Traffic Pollution Is Associated with Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Healthy Urban Traffic Control Police," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(17), pages 1-13, September.
    4. Huw C W L Williams & Dirk Van Vliet & Kwang Sik Kim, 2001. "The Contribution of Suppressed and Induced Traffic in Highway Appraisal, Part 1: Reference States," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 33(6), pages 1057-1082, June.

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