Sustainability

This paper describes the on-going research at Newcastle University in the MESSAGE project
which  is  a  major  environmental  monitoring  project  funded  jointly  by  the  EPSRC  and  DfT.  The MESSAGE project investigates the use of low cost wireless sensors and their deployment to  create  a  dense,  pervasive,  ad-hoc  network  for  monitoring  traffic  pollution  in  a  road environment.  Each  of  the  wireless  devices  carries  one  or  more  sensor  payloads  which  will capture  one  or  more  of  the  pollutants  directly  associated  with  road  vehicle  emissions.  This paper will provide an overview of the deployment of a MOTES network in Gateshead, UK, to measure  a  variety  of  pollutants  and  also  explore  whether  other  pervasive  sensors,  such  as vehicle detectors can be included in the overall monitoring package. The research will cover three  distinct  areas:  the  network  development;  the  applications  developed  for  monitoring pollutants;  and  an  investigation  as  to  how  the  data  collected  could  be  used  to  validate  and calibrate emissions and dispersions models.  A final step will be to explore how this vast array or real-time data could be used to modify  and influence real traffic control schemes, to give environmental  measurements  a  clear,  policy-sensitive  role  in  future  traffic  management  and control schemes.

Newcastle University

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

This  paper  acknowledges  the  important  role  that  fully  integrated  intelligent  vehicles  and systems  will  have  in  managing  travel  demand  in  a  sustainable  way  in  the  future  and  yet recognises that underpinning models will have to be far more sophisticated. It presents details of research which is analysing real-world tailpipe emissions data simultaneously with vehicle characteristics  to  inform  the  future  development  of  improved  relationships  for  modelling driver  behaviour  and  tailpipe  emissions  in  a  micro-simulation  model.  Observed  variation  in tail  pipe  emissions  and  fuel  consumption  over  a  sample  of  forty  drivers  suggests  that significant benefits are achievable. In particular the in-depth analysis of tailpipe emissions of two contrasting drivers presented suggests that benefits of typically 25% reduction in carbon dioxide  through  the  adoption  of  eco  driving  styles  are  achievable.  Once  the  causal relationships,  between  driver  behaviour,  vehicle  operation,  and  tail  pipe  emissions,  are adequately  understood  they  can  be  replicated  within  a  modelling  environment.  When  fully developed  and  implemented  the  fundamental  understanding  of  these  relationships  will facilitate  the  design  of  the  next  generation  of  integrated  Intelligent  Vehicle  and  Transport Systems  technologies,  with  the  potential  to  deliver  significant  fuel  efficiency  and environmental benefits.

Glyn Rhys-Tyler

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The goal of the paper is to show how intelligent electronic road user charging systems can
contribute to reduce negative environmental effects of the transport sector. By applying state
of the art electronic road user charging technologies and establishing a system where toll
tariffs are dependent on vehicle classes, route and length of the trip, situations on the roads
and environmental data, real traffic management can be achieved, congestion can be reduced
and the choice of vehicle, driving behavior and buying behavior when acquiring vehicles can
also be influenced.  

Kapsch TrafficCom

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

This paper’s purpose is to illuminate the role that ITS and operational improvements can fulfill in reducing transportation-related GHG. It is organized into an overview of  GCC  and GHG, trends and impacts  of GHG, nation-wide GHG targets , commo n approaches to reduce  transportation -related  GHG, utilization of multi-modal GCC Action Plans, and the potential contribution of  ITS strategies to reducing GHG.

PB Americas, Inc.

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

A  response  to  environmental  issues  is  one  of  the  things  society  is  asking  of  ITS,  and especially the reduction of CO2 emissions from the transportation sector is a major theme. In Japan  the  “Transportation  and  Logistics  Renaissance”  project  was  launched  last  year  by  the public  sector,  private  sector,  and  academia.  This  project  aims  to  cut  congestion,  CO2 emissions, and logistics costs by half and to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2020. We have been considering a way of upgrading logistics systems and have been estimating the effect of that upgrade as an activity of the transportation and logistics renaissance project. In this paper, the  results  of  our  study  on  a  way  of  improving  the  logistics  system  and  a  way  of  using  ITS technologies which are indispensable for achieving the goals are presented.

Fujitsu Limited

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York