KALAIR LIFE06 TCY/ROS/000269 - Kaliningrad Air Pollution induced by traffic: modeling system design, installation and validation
Overview
Background & policy context:
The City of Kaliningrad's authorities are increasingly concerned by the city’s growing car traffic, leading to growing air pollution. The main urban pollutants involved are nitrogen oxides (NOx), dust,particles and hydrocarbons, especially benzene. A strategy of transport network development within the city’s general development plan has been set up. This strategy is aimed at traffic stream optimisation and the reduction of traffic-related pollutant air emissions. Among the main options considered are: (1) the definition of limited access areas (e.g. for pedestrians, bikes, authorized vehicles only), (2) restriction on roads (e.g. creation of bus lanes), (3) incentives to get very old cars out.
Objectives:
The project's objective was to develop a modelling tool to be used by the beneficiary, ECAT-Kaliningrad (ECAT), to study the patterns of air pollution related to road traffic in Kaliningrad. Through the application of emission-reduction strategies, the project sought to reduce traffic-related air pollution in the city traffic 'hot spots'. The initiative would also support the effective control and monitoring of the transport sector’s impact on the environment through the following:
- Development of traffic, meteorological, emission and air-pollution dispersion models, taking into account urban effects and site characteristics.
- Gathering of geographical data in a GIS-type environment.
- Collection of traffic data, including flow observations and statistical data on traffic demand at various times of typical days.
- Development of maps of emissions on a grid.
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