1993 年 21 巻 p. 289-299
Recently, environmental influences by car traffic have brought big problems in urban areas. In this study it is aimed to analyze to which extent the reduction of air pollution can be expected by improving road networks considering the mechanism of change in traffic pattern, travel speed and the consequent environmental load. The analysis is applied to the Ring Road II of Nagoya as a case study. The problems in modeling and forecasting are summarized.