Develop Multi-Scale Energy and Emission Models

The proposed project develops a tool for the assessment of short-term and medium-term effects of network-level traffic-flow improvement projects on energy consumption and environment. Current state-of-the-art models estimate vehicle fuel consumption and emissions based on simple vehicle trip characteristics. While this approach has been widely utilized by transportation planners/engineers for the evaluation of network-wide impacts on energy consumption and environment, it is not efficient for the evaluation of energy and environmental impacts of short-term and medium-term effects of network-level traffic-flow improvement projects, including Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications. This tool can be utilized to evaluate the energy and environmental impacts of alternative transportation-related projects prior to their implementation in the field and possibly reduce the adverse impacts of transportation projects on energy consumption and environment.

• Record URL:
  http://tranliveutc.org/~/media/UIdaho-Responsive/Files/engr/research/tranlive/reports/VT_TranLIVE_Final_Energy%20and%20Emissions%20Modeling_VTTI.ashx

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $400000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12GUTC17

  KLK900-SB-002

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Principal Investigators:

  Nelson, Douglas

  Ahn, Kyoungho

  Rakha, Hesham

• Start Date: 20120102
• Expected Completion Date: 20160131
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 31791

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Intelligent transportation systems; Traffic flow; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway improvement projects; Trip characteristics
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01571804
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12GUTC17, KLK900-SB-002
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 30 2015 1:01AM