Regulators concerned with traffic related emissions on large networks should consider allowing modelers to use mesoscopic traffic models (such as the MCDKW model) that can adequately represent congestion along with appropriate emissions models. This would simplify regulatory analyses, reduce...

We couple EMFAC with a dynamic mesoscopic traffic model to create an efficient tool for generating information about traffic dynamics and emissions of various pollutants (CO2, PM10, NOX, and TOG) on large scale networks. Our traffic flow model is the multi-commodity discrete kinematic wave...

We couple EMFAC with a dynamic mesoscopic traffic model to create an efficient tool for generating information about traffic dynamics and emissions of various pollutants (CO2, PM10, NOX, and TOG) on large scale networks. Our traffic flow model is the multi-commodity discrete kinematic wave...

Currently, there is no efficient way to estimate emissions from traffic on big transportation networks, such as the freeway links that connect downtown Los Angeles to the San Pedro Bay Ports complex. This transportation corridor is particularly vital because the ports handle more than a third of...

Transportation system produces a large percentage of local pollutants including hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide from switching to alternative fuels, one measure would be to apply information and communication technologies to help us drive more smoothly so as to decrease...

The connectivity of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANets) can be affected by the special distribution patterns, usually dependent and non-uniform, of vehicles in a transportation network. In this study, we introduce a new framework for computing the connectivity in a VANet for continuous...

Rapid developments in various frontiers of telecommunications and information technologies could enable the development of next-generation Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that rely on inter-vehicle communications (IVC) to disseminate time-critical and location-based traffic information....

The San Pedro Bay Ports (SPBP) of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California is one of the largest port container complexes in the world, and the largest one is the United States. To decrease the air pollution associated with port operations, a number of measures have been adopted,...

The goal of this paper is to estimate the health impacts resulting from exposure to PM and NOx emitted by train operations in the Alameda corridor, a crucial rail link that serves the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, also known as the San Pedro Bay Ports (SPBP). We link a pollutant...

The San Pedro Bay Ports (SPBP) of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California comprise one of the largest container port complexes in the world. The SPBP contribute significantly to both regional and national economies in California, and the US, respectively. However, the ongoing growth...