Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 581945, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/581945
Research Article

Emissions and Fuel Consumption Modeling for Evaluating Environmental Effectiveness of ITS Strategies

Yuan-yuan Song,1,2 En-jian Yao,1,2 Ting Zuo,1 and Zhi-feng Lang1

1State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
2MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China

Received 8 September 2012; Revised 14 December 2012; Accepted 15 December 2012

Academic Editor: Wuhong Wang

Copyright © 2013 Yuan-yuan Song et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Road transportation is a major fuel consumer and greenhouse gas emitter. Recently, the intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) technologies, which can improve traffic flow and safety, have been developed to reduce the fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. Emission and fuel consumption estimation models play a key role in the evaluation of ITS technologies. Based on the influence analysis of driving parameters on vehicle emissions, this paper establishes a set of mesoscopic vehicle emission and fuel consumption models using the real-world vehicle operation and emission data. The results demonstrate that these models are more appropriate to evaluate the environmental effectiveness of ITS strategies with enough estimation accuracy.