量化城市道路交通对空气质量的影响:疫情前和部分和完全封锁期间的活动
Nawaf S Alhajeri1, Fahad M Al-Fadhli2, Ahmed Aly2
1Department of Environmental Technology Management, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, 13060, Safat, Kuwait. alhajeri.n@ku.edu.kw.
Environmental monitoring and assessment
|April 3, 2024
概括
科威特的COVID-19封锁措施显著减少了车辆行驶里程 (VMT) 的42.6%,导致NOx排放量减少了约38%,污染模式发生了转变.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 运输研究 运输研究
- 空气质量研究 空气质量研究
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,人们采取了前所未有的公共卫生干预措施,包括封锁.
- 了解这些措施对环境的影响,特别是对交通和排放的影响,至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化科威特部分和全部COVID-19封锁对车辆行驶里程 (VMT) 的影响.
- 估计氧化物 (NOx) 排放量及其空间分布的后续变化.
主要方法:
- 使用谷歌地图方向API数据和Python脚本来估计VMT.
- 与真实世界的交通流量测量对比VMT估计方法的验证.
- 使用AERMOD空气质量模型模拟基于VMT数据的NOx度.
主要成果:
- 与疫情前水平相比,车辆行驶里程 (VMT) 在部分封锁期间减少了高达25.5%,在完全封锁期间减少了42.6%.
- 在部分和完全封锁期间,交通流量分别减少了35%和49%.
- 模拟的NOx度下降了高达38%,峰值度转移到人口较少的住宅区.
结论:
- 科威特的COVID-19封锁明显减少了VMT和相关的NOx排放.
- 封锁改变了空气污染的空间模式,将排放集中在住宅区.
- 该研究强调了在移动限制期间减少交通量的显著环境副效益.
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