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A Decision Support System for Reducing CO2 and Black Carbon Emissions by Adaptive Traffic Management

The CARBOTRAF project aims to realize a method, system and tools for adaptively influencing traffic in real-time to reduce carbon dioxide CO2 and black carbon (BC) emissions caused by road transport in urban and inter-urban areas. The inter-relationships between traffic states and CO2 and BC emissions are investigated. In particular a model linking traffic states to emission levels was established on the basis of existing and new (traffic) simulation methods and tools. A KPI-based decision support system for online prediction of emission levels uses real-time and simulated traffic and air-quality data. Based on this prediction a low emission traffic scenario is achieved by imposing ITS measures (re-routing, adjustment of traffic light sequences).

Services provided by CARBOTRAF

  • Analyzing the most relevant user needs and requirements for achieving the CO2 reduction via Stakeholder interviews and workshops
  • Definition of a set of traffic and emission related KPIs
  • Development and semi-automated calibration of a microscopic transport model (VISSIM) of the test site in Graz
  • Microscopic traffic simulation of various scenarios
  • Emission calculation (AIRE)
  • Scenario assessment by means of defined KPIs

 

The CARBOTRAF project was funded by the European Commission / FP7 (FP7-ICT-2011-7) under grant agreement no. 287867.

Links

http://www.carbotraf.eu/

References

W. Ponweiser, M. Litzenberger, D. Bauer, J. Theunis, M. Schramm, A. Paukerl, R. North, J. Mills, G. Kouwijzer: "CARBOTRAF - A Decision Support System for Reducing CO2 and Black Carbon Emissions by Adaptive Traffic Management"; Presentation: 19th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, Wien; 22.10.2012 - 26.10.2012; in: "19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22/26 October 2012", (2012), Paper-Nr. EU-00461.

S. Vranck, W. Lefebvre, M. van Poppel, C. Beck, J. Theunis, M. Mascia, S. Hu, R. North, R. Kölbl, J. Assamer, S. Breuss, B. Heilmann, G. Lenz, G. Richter, J. Mills, D. Dahlem, G. Kouwijzer, M. Marcinek, M. Litzenberger: "Air Quality Impact of a Decision Support System for Reducing Pollutant Emissions: CARBOTRAF"; Presentation: Transport and Air Pollution, TAP 2014, Graz; 18.09.2014 - 19.09.2014; in: "Transport and Air Pollution", (2014), Paper-Nr. 29, 6 S.

M. Litzenberger, M. Mascia, S. Hu, K. Han, R. North, A. Thiyagarajah, M. van Poppel, C. Beck, R. Kölbl: "Environmental Impact of Combined ITS Traffic Managment Strategies"; Vortrag: Transport and Air Pollution, TAP 2014, Graz; 18.09.2014 - 19.09.2014; in: "Transport and Air Pollution", (2014), 10 S.

R. Kölbl, D. Bauer, G. Lenz, B. Cagran, M. Mascia, S. Hu, B. Heilmann, M. Litzenberger: "An Assessment of VMS-Rerouting and Traffic Signal Planning with Emission Objectives in an Urban Network - A Case Study for the City of Graz"; Presentation: 2015 International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS), Budapest; 03.06.2015 - 05.06.2015; in: "Proceedings 2015 International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS)", IEEE (Hrg.); (2015), S. 169 - 176.