Topic Area: 
C3 Traffic Control

Author: 
Eric CORNELIS, Benoît MASQUILIER, Philippe TOINT

Title: 
Simulation of exhaust gas pollution within an event-driven multimodal dynamic traffic 
model

Abstract:
We discuss the combination of an event-driven multimodal dynamic traffic model 
(PACSIM) with models for the estimation of pollution caused by exhaust gasses in a urban 
environment.  The nature of the PACSIM model and the reasons for considering it in the 
framework of pollution assessment are first discussed. We then consider the particular 
pollutant emission models used and discuss their scope and parameters, as well as the 
availability of the latter within PACSIM. We conclude the paper by illustrating the use of 
the combined traffic/pollution model in the context of a speed enforcement policy within 
selected urban neighbourhood zones.