A comparative study of the emissions by road maintenance works and the disrupted traffic using life cycle assessment and micro-simulation

Huang, Yue; Bird, Roger; Bell, MC

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2008.12.003

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“…However, the complexity of the LCIA categories considered, and related data demands, suggest that the tool's LCIA methods should be reviewed when it is publicly available. Notably, the paper does not discuss the inclusion of traffic delay or the use phase, although the authors have addressed traffic delay in subsequent papers [44].…”

Section: Road-resmentioning

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Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements: A Critical Review of Existing Literature and Research

Santero¹,

Masanet²,

Horvath³

2010

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This report provides a critical review of existing literature and modeling tools related to lifecycle assessment (LCA) applied to pavements. The review finds that pavement LCA is an expanding but still limited research topic in the literature, and that the existing body of work exhibits methodological deficiencies and incompatibilities that serve as barriers to the widespread utilization of LCA by pavement engineers and policy makers. This review identifies five key issues in the current body of work: inconsistent functional units, improper system boundaries, imbalanced data for asphalt and cement, use of limited inventory and impact assessment categories, and poor overall utility. This review also identifies common data and modeling gaps in pavement LCAs that should be addressed in future work. These gaps include: the use phase (rolling resistance, albedo, carbonation, lighting, leachate, and tire wear and emissions), asphalt fumes, feedstock energy of bitumen, traffic delay, the maintenance phase, and the end-of-life phase. This review concludes with a comprehensive list of recommendations for future research, which shed light on where improvements in knowledge can be made that will benefit the accuracy and comprehensiveness of pavement LCAs moving forward.

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Section: Road-resmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements: A Critical Review of Existing Literature and Research

Santero¹,

Masanet²,

Horvath³

2010

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“…Huang et al [11] developed a model for asphalt pavement rehabilitation project of A34 between the Hanford roundabout and the Stoke-on-Trent City boundary in the United Kingdom (UK), estimated the disruption of traffic during construction and maintenance operations using the microsimulation program VISSIM, and finally input the simulated traffic in EnvPro emissions model to estimate emissions from road network and traffic during construction and maintenance operations. Huang et al [11] simulated the traffic flow on the project site in normal time and during the roadwork based on the knowledge of traffic data and road configuration, but did not consider the project's impact on the surrounding road because of the diverted traffic. Wang and Xie [12] estimated the concentrations of PM 10 , CO, NO 2 , and O 3 on selected twelve avenues in the urban area of Beijing during and before the traffic controlling days of 2008 Olympic Games.…”

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Understanding Air Pollution from Induced Traffic during and after the Construction of a New Highway: Case Study of Highway 25 in Montreal

Amin

Tamima

Amador-Jiménez

2017

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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This study demonstrates through a case study that detailed analyses, even after the construction of a project, are feasible using current technologies and available data. A case study of highway 25 is used to illustrate the method and verify the levels of air contaminants from additionally induced traffic during and after the construction of highway. Natural traffic growth was removed from the effect of observed gas emissions by comparing observed levels on other further locations in the same metropolitan area. This study estimates air pollution from the additional traffic during and after the construction of A-25 extension project. NO 2 levels were spatially interpolated during peak and off-peak hour traffic and traffic density simulated on the road network for four scenarios. Comparing the four scenarios, it was found that levels of NO 2 concentrations were reduced at neighbor areas due to less traffic during the construction period. Levels of NO 2 after the construction were higher than those in 2008. The simulated traffic density for four scenarios revealed that traffic density was significantly increased on both arterial and access roads within the close vicinity of the extension project during and after its construction.

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“…Sin embargo, se debe poner más atención en combinar los efectos de la infraestructura sobre el tráfico o viceversa. Por ejemplo, el efecto de los trabajos de mantenimiento sobre el tráfico (HUANG et al, 2009). En el presente estudio, HERA es de particular interés para el diseño de políticas y estrategias centradas en la alineación horizontal, ajuste de velocidad, gestión del tráfico, y la flota de vehículos.…”

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Identificación de corredores prioritarios de carreteras para la aplicación de estrategias de reducción de emisiones GEI. Caso de España.

Sobrino

Cáceres²

2016

Libro De Actas CIT2016. XII Congreso De Ingeniería Del Transporte

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Andrés Monzón de CáceresCatedrático de Transporte, UPM RESUMEN Lograr un transporte bajo en carbono es crucial en la planificación y gestión del transporte por carretera. Existen diversas acciones para la reducción de emisiones del transporte por carretera: sobre la demanda, la tecnología del vehículo, la gestión del tráfico, etc. Pero, antes de realizar cualquier actuación, es necesario identificar cuáles son los puntos de la red que necesitan una acción prioritaria.Este trabajo describe un índice para la identificación de tramos y corredores prioritarios para hacer frente a los problemas de emisiones GEI. La herramienta HERA de evaluación del consumo de energía y emisiones del tráfico, es utilizada para estimar los parámetros del Índice Prioritario de Emisiones (IPE) y para evaluar diferentes estrategias de gestión y diseño de carreteras. El IPE identifica la prioridad de acción en un tramo o corredor en base a las emisiones totales del tráfico y a la alta intensidad de emisiones unitarias del tramo, es decir, la ineficiencia.La Red de Carreteras del Estado (2012) se toma como caso de estudio, y los resultados se muestran en mapas ayudados por un SIG. Se identifican siete corredores prioritarios, que representan el 25% de la red y contribuyen con el 52% de las emisiones GEI totales de la red en 2012. Los corredores más ineficientes corresponden a aquellos con una alta proporción de vehículos pesados, altas velocidades de vehículos ligeros y aquellos que presentan pendientes pronunciadas. Sobre los corredores prioritarios han sido aplicadas una serie de estrategias de reducción de emisiones. La estrategia más efectiva -aparte de la integración de varias estrategias-es la reducción de la velocidad de los vehículos ligeros. Una reducción de velocidad de -10km/h podría producir un 3,85% de ahorro anual de emisiones sobre dichos corredores, llegando a ahorrar 566 KtCO2eq anuales.

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A comparative study of the emissions by road maintenance works and the disrupted traffic using life cycle assessment and micro-simulation

Cited by 125 publications

References 2 publications

Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements: A Critical Review of Existing Literature and Research

Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements: A Critical Review of Existing Literature and Research

Understanding Air Pollution from Induced Traffic during and after the Construction of a New Highway: Case Study of Highway 25 in Montreal

Identificación de corredores prioritarios de carreteras para la aplicación de estrategias de reducción de emisiones GEI. Caso de España.

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