Ex-post environmental and traffic assessment of a speed reduction strategy in Madrid's inner ring-road

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• 作者：Fiamma Perez-Prada^a ; ^{fiamma.perez@upm.es} ; Andres Monzon^b ; ^{andres.monzon@upm.es}
• 关键词：Traffic speed management ; CO2 reduction ; NOx reduction ; Urban air pollution ; Speed limits ; Traffic operations ; Traffic performance ; Travel times ; Emissions ; Scenarios
• 刊名：Journal of Transport Geography
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：58
• 期：Complete
• 页码：256-268
• 全文大小：2073 K
• 卷排序：58

文摘

Lowering the speed limit shows clear environmental benefits with very little impact on traffic performance. It presents great potential to reduce air pollution in dense urban areas located next to urban highways. Highest reductions in vehicle emissions occur during off-peak hours.