Study of Emissions Benefits of Commercial Vehicle Lane Management Strategies
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Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2341, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2013, pp. 43–52. DOI: 10.3141/2341-05 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751. Corresponding author: A. Y. Bigazzi, [email protected]. total emissions. Given their distinct characteristics, research went on to investigate the potential for emissions reductions through vehicle class–targeted congestion mitigation by using four freeway lane management scenarios. The next section describes the relevant literature, followed by the emissions-modeling methodology, emissions-modeling results, managed lane analysis framework and results, and finally conclusions.
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