Are we successful in reducing vehicle miles traveled in air quality nonattainment areas?

Zhang, Lei; He, Xiang; Lu, Yijing; Krause, Cory; Ferrari, Nick

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2014.05.016

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“…VMT is considered as a crucial proxy data for identifying vehicle emissions, energy consumption, etc. [73]- [75]. Energy efficiency (EE), or efficient energy use, is basically defined as using less energy to carry out similar work, and in this way, energy waste can be eliminated.…”

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Land use and energy nexus

Siddik

Zaman

2022

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In this research, the connection between land use and energy has been discussed from two points of view, i.e., the impacts of energy on land use and the impacts of land use on energy. This research identified several direct and indirect land use changes that occur by clearing vegetation, destroying top soils, and relocating human populations during the different stages of extraction, deposition, and transportation of fossil fuels and uranium ore; and during the establishment of renewable energy sources including wind turbines, hydro-power plants, and associated structures (highways, dams, culverts, tunnels, power station infrastructure, and energy transmission networks). Likewise, feedstock cultivation, processing, and transportation to biomass plants, as well as the production of biodiesel from municipal solid waste, require accessible land resources that further contribute to global land-use change. In the case of the impacts of land use on energy, mixed use development was found to be one of the most efficient approaches to achieve energy efficiency. Similarly, energy demand for motorized travel can also be reduced with the development of urban blocks and transit-oriented development. Furthermore, integrated combined heat and power systems, green space, and energy-supporting land use regulations were identified as energy savings strategies that may aid in achieving energy efficiency and ensuring sustainable development.

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Land use and energy nexus

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Zaman

2022

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“…Vehicle miles traveled (VMT), the total miles traveled by all vehicles on roadways, is one of the most important performance measures as it can be utilized as a strong proxy for traffic impact assessment, vehicle emissions, gasoline consumption, and crashes . It has been widely used in transport planning , travel demand analysis , traffic crash analysis , and energy consumption analysis .…”

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Estimating vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in urban areas using regression kriging

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Park

Heo

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J of Advced Transportation

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The recent increase in demand for performance-driven and outcome-based transportation planning makes accurate and reliable performance measures essential. Vehicle miles traveled (VMT), the total miles traveled by all vehicles on roadways, has been utilized widely as a proxy for traffic impact assessment, vehicle emissions, gasoline consumption, and crashes. Accordingly, a number of studies estimate VMT using diverse data sources. This study estimates VMT in the urban area of Bucheon, South Korea, by predicting the annual average daily traffic for unmeasured locations using spatial interpolation techniques (i.e., regression kriging and linear regression). The predictive performance of this method is compared with that of the existing Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) method. The results show that regression kriging could provide more accurate VMT estimates than the HPMS method and linear regression, especially with a small sample size. additional control variables. Pathomsiri et al. [16] develop an econometric model for estimating VMT in multivehicle households and apply it to the 2001 National Household Transportation Survey. Erlbaum [17] applied the fuel-sales-based method to estimate VMT. White [18] and Greene [19] used odometer reading data to estimate annual VMT by driver. However, the previously mentioned methods, based on household activity surveys, fuel sales, and odometer reading data, are too resource-intensive and costly to perform regularly. Also, these methods reflect personal travel and do not reflect the total number of vehicles on the road.Traffic-count-based VMT estimation methods are currently the most commonly performed and preferred method because they are based on actual data for vehicle movement [20]. The predictive accuracy of traffic-count-based methods depends on the quality and coverage of traffic count data, given that the length of all road network sections is known. Thus, it can be said that if traffic counts were available for all roads in a network, the VMT estimate would be the most accurate measure of vehicle movement. Traffic counts are, however, only available at segments of road networks where there is a count station because of the relatively high cost of the stations. For urban areas, traffic count data are collected less frequently than in other areas because of the complexity of measurement [21]. For this reason, the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) method of VMT estimation, a representative traffic-count-based method performed in the USA, simply extrapolates the VMT of a sample section into other sections, so long as the other sections are in the same strata of traffic volume group and road functional system [20]. Despite the advantages of being a relatively simple and quick procedure, the HPMS method has been criticized by its accuracy and sample size demand needed to achieve the required precision level. Moreover, stratification of sampling by traffic volume group requires knowledge of the traffic count information on all roads [14]. A number of rec...

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The abatement of particulate matter 2.5 in Los Angeles County: a counterfactual evaluation

Chen

2020

Environ Dev Sustain

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Are we successful in reducing vehicle miles traveled in air quality nonattainment areas?

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Land use and energy nexus

Land use and energy nexus

Estimating vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in urban areas using regression kriging

The abatement of particulate matter 2.5 in Los Angeles County: a counterfactual evaluation

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