Guide to truck activity data for emissions modeling /
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 909: Guide to Truck Activity Data for Emissions Modeling explores methods, procedures, and data sets needed to capture commercial vehicle activity, vehicle characteristics, and operations to assist in estimating and for...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Transportation Research Board,
2019.
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| Series: | NCHRP research report
909. |
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| Summary: | TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 909: Guide to Truck Activity Data for Emissions Modeling explores methods, procedures, and data sets needed to capture commercial vehicle activity, vehicle characteristics, and operations to assist in estimating and forecasting criteria pollutants, air toxics, and greenhouse gas emissions from goods and services movement. Goods movement is a vital part of the national economy, with freight movement growing faster than passenger travel. The growth in freight traffic is contributing to urban congestion, resulting in hours of delay, increased shipping costs, wasted fuel, and greater emissions of greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants. The limited national data on urban goods movement are insufficient for a thorough understanding of the characteristics of the trucks operating in metropolitan areas and the complex logistical chains that they serve. For instance, there are at least three different segments of urban freight--long haul, drayage, and pickup and delivery. It is believed that truck fleet characteristics differ between the segments, but only local registration data exist at a level of detail needed to support regional transportation plans, transportation improvement plans, and state implementation plans. The lack of data on all types of commercial trucks affects model estimation and results in inaccurate base year emissions inventories, limiting the ability to design and implement effective policies to reduce freight-related emissions. NCHRP Research Report 909 enumerates various sources of truck data and how they can be obtained and used to support emissions modeling. |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program. |
| Physical Description: | 65 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780309480369 0309480361 |
| ISSN: | 2572-3766 ; |