NTL Record

Title Estimating Emissions Reductions from Vehicle Retirement Programs
Record ID 50268
Personal Name
Creator
Deysher, Elizabeth; Pickrell, Don
Source 19p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
Elsevier Science Ltd.
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19970201
Language English
Abstract This report assesses the effectiveness of vehicle retirement programs in reducing emissions from the motor vehicle fleets, as well as examining the effect of a program's timing on the magnitude of these reductions. First, the eastern Massachusetts nonattainment area serves as an example to demonstrate the potential reductios in volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrous oxides (NOx) emissions for retirement of all light-duty vehicles over twenty years old. The assumption that all old vehicles are retired obviously represents and extreme approach to reducing emissions; however, it is meant to test the effectiveness as a policy measure, rather than designing a program specifically for Massachusetts. Second, components of the MOBILE model are examined to assess the model's capablity to replicate real-world vehicular emissions.
Rosap ID dot:11660
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11660
TRT Terms Air quality management; Benefits; Case studies; Environmental impacts; Estimating; Evaluation and assessment; Exhaust gases; Incentives; Motor vehicles; Pollutants
General Subjects Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Air Quality;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION
Geographical
Coverage
California
Report Number DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-97-04; FHWA-PD-97-011; PB97-153795
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50200/50268/DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-97-04.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository