2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.07.022
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Urban air quality comparison for bus, tram, subway and pedestrian commutes in Barcelona

Abstract: Access to detailed comparisons in air quality variations encountered when commuting through a city offers the urban traveller more informed choice on how to minimise personal exposure to inhalable pollutants. In this study we report on an experiment designed to compare atmospheric contaminants inhaled during bus, subway train, tram and walking journeys through the city of Barcelona. Average number concentrations of particles 10-300 nm in size, N, are lowest in the commute using subway trains (N<2.5×10(4) part.… Show more

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“…It is difficult to compare results between countries since exposure levels depend on the study area, the type of vehicle (diesel or gasoline, light or commercial vehicles), density and fluidity of traffic, distance to traffic, length of the trip, season, time of day, meteorological conditions, etc . In an experiment, for journeys through the city of Barcelona, BC was lower in the tram (mean of 3.4 μg/m 3 ) when compared to the bus (5.5 μg/m 3 ), subway (7 μg/m 3 —values possibly overestimated by interference of light absorption by iron in the microaethalometer measurements), and walking (6.5 μg/m 3 in suburban and 9.6 μg/m 3 in the congested inner city). The mean of UFP was lowest in commuting using subway trains (23×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), higher during tram travel (30×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), suburban walking (37×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), and highest in diesel bus (55×10 3 pt/cm 3 ) or walking in the city center (59×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), with extreme transient peaks at busy traffic crossings commonly exceeding 100×10 3 pt/cm 3 and accompanied by peaks in BC and carbon monoxide …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is difficult to compare results between countries since exposure levels depend on the study area, the type of vehicle (diesel or gasoline, light or commercial vehicles), density and fluidity of traffic, distance to traffic, length of the trip, season, time of day, meteorological conditions, etc . In an experiment, for journeys through the city of Barcelona, BC was lower in the tram (mean of 3.4 μg/m 3 ) when compared to the bus (5.5 μg/m 3 ), subway (7 μg/m 3 —values possibly overestimated by interference of light absorption by iron in the microaethalometer measurements), and walking (6.5 μg/m 3 in suburban and 9.6 μg/m 3 in the congested inner city). The mean of UFP was lowest in commuting using subway trains (23×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), higher during tram travel (30×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), suburban walking (37×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), and highest in diesel bus (55×10 3 pt/cm 3 ) or walking in the city center (59×10 3 pt/cm 3 ), with extreme transient peaks at busy traffic crossings commonly exceeding 100×10 3 pt/cm 3 and accompanied by peaks in BC and carbon monoxide …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Being thermally dissatisfied outdoors is an expected outcome in Singapore with its warm and humid climate. A lower TA satisfaction rate in transport could be explained by relatively high temperature (compared to workplaces, for example) and other factors such as close proximity among occupants, especially during peak travel times [38]. For perceived air quality acceptability, high median PAQA value was observed at home (0.59), at the workplace (0.58), in restaurants (0.55) and outdoors (0.46); a much lower median PAQA (-0.22) was reported in transport.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Moreno et al [15] compared atmospheric contaminants inhaled by travelers during bus, subway train, tram, and walking journeys through the city of Barcelona; this paper was focused on the chemical aerosol speciation, carried out in the 10–300 nm particle range. Many other studies were based on the chemical speciation and the relevant influences on the distribution of transport-related air pollutants in urban air [16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28], whereas no papers deal with the dose deposited in the human respiratory tract.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%