TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR WIDE-AREA NETWORK USING MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION

Abstract

This paper aims to develop an environmental evaluation system by integrating traffic simulator and regional atmospheric simulator in order to analyze the effect of transportation policy for wide-area and to estimate traffic flow and atmospheric environment change, particularly focusing on SPM. Traffic characteristics and mol-side-land-use information on the region, traffic signal were inputted in traffic microscopic simulation “Paramics”. Especially we developed a new model for modifying OD matrix to improve the accuracy of traffic flow, and a PM emission model to calculate PM volume in high-resolute time scale by considering vehicle behavior and geographical characteristics.