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Vehicular emissions and fuel consumption estimation in passer IV. Research report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:91549
Gasoline consumed by vehicles traveling within urban signalized networks constitutes a large portion of the total fuel usage in the United States. In addition, pollutants emitted by these vehicles degrade urban air quality. It is well known that the optimal coordination of traffic signals on urban signalized arterials improves traffic flow and reduces gasoline consumption and vehicular emissions. The research performed in this project incorporated fuel consumption and emissions estimation procedures into PASSER IV, a program for optimizing bandwidth-based signal timings in traffic networks. The enhanced PASSER IV software will allow Traffic Engineers to better assess the impacts of alternate signal timing plans on fuel consumption and emissions of vehicles traveling in a signalized network.
Research Organization:
Department of Transportation, College Station, TX (United States). Southwest Region Univ. Transportation Center
OSTI ID:
91549
Report Number(s):
PB--95-240479/XAB; SWUTC--95-465060-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English