Research project MD/DD/06 (Research action MD)
Research objectives
The main aim of the proposal is to enable the simultaneous simulation of traffic and its related emissions and to apply it on a test zone.
Methodology
Three steps will be necessary to carry out that research.
. carrying out of an inventory of the state of the art in the field of atmospheric emissions due to road transports in the European Union;
. study of the coupling of a traffic simulation model and of an atmospheric emissions model based on the results of the previously mentioned inventory;
. combined simulation (traffic and atmospheric emissions) on a test zone. The chosen test zone is the city of Namur.
Potential users
The potential users are notably the public authorities and mainly the city councils which wish to better approach impacts of their mobility policy.
Other users could be public transport companies, universities, research centres, consulting offices, etc.
Link to Sustainable Development
The link with the sustainable development consists of the knowledge provided by the trafic and emission models. Indeed, a good knowledge allows a well though-out action.
The quantification and the localisation of the emissions and trafic give to managers a precious decision-making tool. On the basis of the results of the combined model, a city will be able, for instance, to assess the alternatives of a circulation plan, to quantify the impact of new road projects, etc. All this in order to optimize the mobility demand to a more sustainable mobility.
Adéquation d'un modèle de simulation de trafic et d'un modèle de simulation d'émissions atmosphériques: rapport final
Bruxelles: SSTC, 2001 (SP0856)
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Adéquation d'un modèle de simulation de trafic et d'un modèle de simulation d'émissions atmosphériques: résumé
Bruxelles: SSTC, 2001 (SP0857)
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Combination of a traffic simulation model with an air emission simulation model: summary report
Brussels: OSTC, 2001 (SP0858)
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