Background

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Background

  • The emissions from road transport has negative impacts on human health. World Health Organisation (WHO) has targets for Air Quality improvement but also EU and “Zero-Impact” targets exist.
  • Measuring stations are placed in many locations around the world to monitor NOx, PMx, SOx, O3, CO, … but there is no transmission model specifically from transport vehicles to Air Quality.
  • Emissions regulations are decoupled from Air Quality and this gap needs to be addressed.
  • Many tools exist but are limited in their usefulness
  • Open-source United States air quality data is available on the EPA website.

Problem statement

Determine the socially optimal combination of automotive and related (e.g. fuel and power sector) policies to minimize environmental impacts from the studied passenger vehicle fleets, using a decision- making platform.