air quality

Modeling the Impact of Road Grade on Driving Behavior, Vehicle Energy Consumption, and Emissions

  • Principal Investigator Haobing Liu, Ph.D.
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
This study addresses two issues: 1) how road grade impacts vehicle speed and acceleration distributions, and how such distributions vary across vehicle types, roadway types, traffic conditions, etc.; and 2) how significant the impact of integrating grade interactions is with respect to energy, emissions, and air quality modeling.
Project Status
Complete

Physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics of particulate emissions from current technology gasoline direct injection vehicles

Research Product Type
Associated Publication
This article discusses assessment of the the physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics of particulate emissions from four light-duty gasoline direct injection vehicles when operated over the LA92 driving cycle. Results showed that particle mass and number emissions increased markedly during accelerations.

Quantifying Reductions in Vehicle Miles Traveled from New Pedestrian Facilities: Summary Report

Research Product Type
Research Report
This report summarizes outcomes from a literature review to determine whether and how the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement (CMAQ) methods could be modified to better reflect emerging data and methods for estimating reductions in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) from new pedestrian facilities, the first step in estimating GHG emission reductions.