Energy and Environmental Impacts of Atlanta’s Reversible Express Toll Lanes: A Synthetic Control Analysis

The Georgia Tech team will analyze the counterfactual scenario after the opening of reversible toll lanes on the I-75/I-575 Northwest Corridor of Atlanta, GA, in order to assess the energy and emission impact of such new facility. This project is an extension of the project entitled “Energy and Environmental Impacts of Atlanta’s Reversible Express Toll Lanes and High-Occupancy Toll Lanes.”.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $60000
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3551747114

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority

  Atlanta,   United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355
• Principal Investigators:

  Xia, Tian

• Start Date: 20201001
• Expected Completion Date: 20220930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Households; Market penetration; Reversible traffic lanes; Tolls
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01758784
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3551747114
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 23 2020 3:38PM