On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional Networks
Macroscopic traffic models represent a promising tool to design strategies for ecological routing. To benefit from this tool, we must first characterize the relationship between path emissions and distance traveled or travel time on aggregated networks, i.e., a regional network. This paper investiga...
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| author | Sergio F. A. Batista Mostafa Ameli Monica Menendez |
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| description | Macroscopic traffic models represent a promising tool to design strategies for ecological routing. To benefit from this tool, we must first characterize the relationship between path emissions and distance traveled or travel time on aggregated networks, i.e., a regional network. This paper investigates this relationship between two toy networks and a real urban network representing the city of Innsbruck (Austria). We utilize an accumulation-based model based on the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram to mimic the traffic dynamics in the network and utilize the COPERT IV model to estimate the travel emissions, focusing on the carbon dioxide <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$CO_{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. We show that there is a linear relationship between the total emissions of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$CO_{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and the average travel time of internal paths, i.e., paths that take place completely within a single region. We also show that in some cases, there is a linear relationship between the total emissions and the average travel distance or travel time of paths that cross multiple regions in the network. However, the latter is not always true as traffic dynamics play an important role in path emissions. In other words, eco-friendly paths on regional networks do not necessarily follow the shortest paths in terms of distance or time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd809fde15f84d39aa90b01f4c328c6a2023-03-31T23:00:26ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems2687-78132023-01-01420421510.1109/OJITS.2023.325488610064702On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional NetworksSergio F. A. Batista0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-7253Mostafa Ameli1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2470-6812Monica Menendez2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5701-0523Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAECOSYS, GRETTIA, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne, FranceDivision of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAEMacroscopic traffic models represent a promising tool to design strategies for ecological routing. To benefit from this tool, we must first characterize the relationship between path emissions and distance traveled or travel time on aggregated networks, i.e., a regional network. This paper investigates this relationship between two toy networks and a real urban network representing the city of Innsbruck (Austria). We utilize an accumulation-based model based on the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram to mimic the traffic dynamics in the network and utilize the COPERT IV model to estimate the travel emissions, focusing on the carbon dioxide <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$CO_{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. We show that there is a linear relationship between the total emissions of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$CO_{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and the average travel time of internal paths, i.e., paths that take place completely within a single region. We also show that in some cases, there is a linear relationship between the total emissions and the average travel distance or travel time of paths that cross multiple regions in the network. However, the latter is not always true as traffic dynamics play an important role in path emissions. In other words, eco-friendly paths on regional networks do not necessarily follow the shortest paths in terms of distance or time.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10064702/Eco-friendly pathsregional networksmacroscopic fundamental diagramtravel timetravel distance |
| spellingShingle | Sergio F. A. Batista Mostafa Ameli Monica Menendez On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional Networks IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Eco-friendly paths regional networks macroscopic fundamental diagram travel time travel distance |
| title | On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional Networks |
| title_full | On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional Networks |
| title_fullStr | On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional Networks |
| title_short | On the Characterization of Eco-Friendly Paths for Regional Networks |
| title_sort | on the characterization of eco friendly paths for regional networks |
| topic | Eco-friendly paths regional networks macroscopic fundamental diagram travel time travel distance |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10064702/ |
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